Famous Lefty Guitarists..?!
Question: I've been playing a right-handed guitar left-handed (upside down and backwards) for about 5 years now and I want to know if there are any really good famous guitarists who played this way that I can use a sort of "study guides"...
And no one answer this question with "Jimi Hendrix" because Jimi RE-STRUNG his guitar! I want REAL inverted guitarists. I know one of the legends is Dick Dale... and I think Albert King played southpaw as well...
But seriously... no Hendrix answers... he was a good guitarist, but he didn't play upside down... therefor, he was nothing special...
Answers: I've been playing a right-handed guitar left-handed (upside down and backwards) for about 5 years now and I want to know if there are any really good famous guitarists who played this way that I can use a sort of "study guides"...
And no one answer this question with "Jimi Hendrix" because Jimi RE-STRUNG his guitar! I want REAL inverted guitarists. I know one of the legends is Dick Dale... and I think Albert King played southpaw as well...
But seriously... no Hendrix answers... he was a good guitarist, but he didn't play upside down... therefor, he was nothing special...
here is a more detailed list...
ABDELMAJID DOMNATI *
ABDOUL WAHAB BERTHE *
ADAM KARCH
ADRIAN CLARK
AL ANDERSON
AL MCKAY *
ALAIN PEWZNER
ALAIN PIRE
ALAN LONGMUIR
ALBERT KING *
ALEXANDER SCHMITZ
ALI CAMPBELL *
AMERICO JACOMINO O CANHOTO
AMO CHIP *
ANDRE REYES
ANDREAS VON HOLST *
ANDREW WHITE *
ANDY YOUNG *
ARIEL RECHTSHAID
ATAHUALPA YUPANQUI *
BARBARA LYNN *
BEEB BIRTLES *
BEETHOVA OBAS *
BEN CHRISTOPHERS *
BIG BABE MARTIN
BILL HARRIS
BILL JENNINGS *
BILL STAINES *
BILL SVANOE *
BILLY BOB THRONTON
BILLY CORGAN
BILLY MACKEL *
BILLY RAY CYRUS *
BJARNE ROUPé *
BLAKE SCHWARZENBACH
BO JENKINS
BOB BROZMAN
BOB GELDOF *
BOB "EL BOBO" ROESY
BOBBY WOMACK *
BOUBACAR SIDIBE
BRIAN MONIZ *
BRIAN WOLSKI
BRUCE COCKBURN
BRYAN HARVEY *
CALOGERO
CALVIN NEWBORN
CANHOTO DA PARAIBA *
CARIOCA *
CARLOS RIOS
CARLOS VIVES
CEDELL DAVIS
CESAR ROSAS *
CHALLAIN FERRET *
CHARLES WRIGHT *
CHRIS GEORGE
CHRIS MARTIN (Coldplay)
CHRIS REA
CHUCK DAY
CHUCK "SOUTHPAW" JONES
CLAUDE OLMOS
COCO MONTOYA *
COLE PRIOR STEVENS *
COLIN HODGKINSON
COOKIE MCGEE *
COOL JOHN FERGUSON *
DALE SELLERS
DAMON BRAMBLETT *
DAN SEALS *
DANNY GATTON *
DARRYL GONZALES
DAVE HOLE *
DAVE KING
DAVE LOGGINS
DAVE PARASITE
DAVE WAKELING *
DAVID BOWIE *
DAVID BYRNE
DEAN TIDEY *
DEFORD BAILEY *
DELL STATON
DENNIS "FLY" AMERO
DEREK DUNIVAN
DICK DALE *
DICKEY LEE
DICKIE THOMPSON *
DIDI DUPRAT
DIEGO BALIARDO
DJAMEL LAROUSSI
DON JONES *
DONAL LUNNY *
DOUG CLAIBORNE
DOUGSHOT SKA-RILLIA
DOYLE BRAMHALL II
DR DAS
DR. ISAIAH ROSS
DRAMA *
DUANE ALLMAN
DUSTIN STROUD
ED DEANE *
ED PARSONS
EDDIE WHEELER *
EDDY CLEARWATER *
EEF BARZELAY *
ELIZABETH COTTEN *
ELLIOT EASTON *
ELVIS COSTELLO
ERIC BOGLE *
ERIC GALES *
ERIK DARLING (The Rooftop Singers)
ERIK SPROOTEN
ERNIE C *
EUGENE GALES *
EVIE SANDS *
FREDERIC PIERRE GUSTAVE
GARY FLETCHER
GARY MOORE
GEORGE BARNES
GEORGE JOHNSON *
GEORGE MCARDLE
GEORGE VAN EPS *
GERARD BLANC
GIL DORON OFARIM
GILBERT ISBIN *
GILES HEDLEY (Giles Hedley Blues Band, The Aviators)
GLEN BURTNIK *
GLENN POMIANEK
GRANT GREEN JR. *
GREG SAGE *
GREG SERRATO
GREG STAPLES
GREGG WRIGHT
GRETA BRINKMAN
GRUFF RHYS *
GUS ISIDORE
GUY BERGERON
GUY BLAKESLEE
HARRY J. BOYLE
HIDETOSHI "BILLY" FURUKAWA
HISASHI IMAI
HUW GOWER
IAN WHITCOMB
IGGY POP *
ILUMINADO DáVILA
INORAN (a.k.a. INOUE KYIONOBU)
IRA SIEGEL
J.D. MYERS *
JACK SHOOK
JACKIE KING *
JACOB KJAER
JACQUES DJEYIM *
JAMES ‘BLA’ PAHINUI *
JEFFERSON LOUVAT *
JEN LEIGH
JEREMY SAWKINS
JERRY DE VILLIERS JR. *
JEYSON ZIMERER *
JIM DUNCOMBE *
JIM ROONEY *
JIMI GOODWIN
JIMI HENDRIX *
JIMMY CLIFF *
JIMMY HASLIP
JIMMY RAINEY
JOAQUíN RIVéRA
JOE GAGAN
JOE LONG
JOHN DOYLE *
JOHN FLANSBURGH *
JOHN FULLER *
JOHN HEAD *
JOHN HEPBURN
JOHN MARASCO
JOHN MCENROE
JOHN ROBINSON
JOHN SCHUMANN *
JOHN WHEATCROFT *
JOHN WHEELOCK
JOHNNY BACON (a.k.a. JOHNNY HAWK)
JOHNNY JENKINS *
JOHNNY SPAMPINATO
JOHNNY WESLEY CHISHOLM
JOHNNY WINTER
JONATHAN BUTLER *
JOSE BARRENSE-DIAS
JOSE SOLES
JOSEPH
JOSEPH CARTER III *
JOSEY SCOTT
JUAN ZELADA *
JULES SHEAR *
JULIA ROBERTS
JUNIOR CAMPBELL *
KARL GREEN
KARL WALLINGER *
KEANU REEVES
KEITH CARRADINE
KéLéTIGUI DIABATE
KEN HOWELL *
KENNETH EDMONDS (a.k.a. BABYFACE)
KEVIN MARK LEGAULT *
KLAUS EICHSTADT
KOKOMO ARNOLD
KRIS ROE
KUNI (TAKEUCHI)*
KURT COBAIN *
L.A. JONES *
LARRY WHITE
LEE BLAIR
LEE JACKSON *
LEFT HAND FRANK (FRANK CRAIG)
LEFTHAND FREDDY (FRED REINING)
LEFTY DIZZ *
LEFTY FRIZZELL
LEROY CLYDE "LEFTY" BATES
LILI BONICHE *
LITTLE JIMMY KING
LUDO MARIMAN
LUKE MORLEY *
MAC POWELL *
MACK STEVENS
MAJID BEKKAS *
MALCOLM STITT
MALINA MOYE
MALO VALLOIS
MANNE SCHLAIER
MANNY RIVERA
MARC BONILLA
MARC COHN *
MARC FOSSET *
MARC PéRIZ
MARE WINNINGHAM
MARK CHAPMAN
MARK KNOPFLER *
MARTIN JENNER *
MARTIN WEISS
MATT BECK
MATT BIRKENHIER
MATTHEW BARBER
MAX A. WIRTH
MICAH P. HINSON
MICHAEL ANGELO BATIO *
MICHAEL BLOOMFIELD
MICHAEL HEDGES
MICHEL OUELLETTE *
MICK BROADBENT
MICKEY (MICKAEL FURNON)*
MIKE MANGIONE *
MIKE VENNART
MONCHO DAVILA
MOOT DAVIS *
NATHEN MAXWELL
NEIL FRASER
NIALL PARKER *
NICK BOWCOTT
NICK FELDMAN
NICK LOWE
NICKE HELLACOPTER
NICOLAS REYES
NOEL GALLAGHER (Oasis)
NUSHI PAZ *
OLIVIER W. OLMOS *
OLLIE CRAWFORD
OLLIE HALSALL *
OMAR RODRIGUEZ-LOPEZ
OTIS RUSH *
PASCAL PERIZ
PASKAL JAKOBSEN *
PATCHAI REYES
PATRICK OLIVE
PATRICK SAUSSOIS *
PAUL BIBBINS *
PAUL CLARK
PAUL CUDDEFORD
PAUL CURTIS
PAUL FRAZIER
PAUL GRAY
PAUL LE MAT
PAUL MCCARTNEY
PAUL RAYMOND
PAUL SIMON
PAUL VAN RIJSWIJK *
PAULINE ANSON-DROSS
PERE SOTO
PERRY BAMONTE
PETE STRIDE
PHIL HILBORNE
PHIL PICKETT *
PIERRE PESNON
PRESTON REED *
RAY HUTCHINSON
RICH WOLSKI
RICHIE STOTTS *
RICK ALAN CARPENTER *
RICKY QUINONES *
RIK EMMETT (Triumph)
ROB JOHANSSON *
ROB OORTHUIS
ROBBIE MERRILL
ROBERT FRIPP
ROBERT LUNN *
ROBERT WILSON “LEFTY” PERKINS
ROBIN CAMPBELL *
ROBIN FEIX
RODNEY BAKERR *
ROGER ‘TINY’ KOHRS
RON JONES
RONNIE DRAYTON *
ROSEMARY BUTLER
RUSTY BURNS *
RUVANE KURLAND
SASCHA KOHLER
SCOTT MCCARL
SEAL *
SEBASTIEN LAMOTHE
SENéN SUáREZ
SHARI FORST
SHERWOOD MANGIAPANE
SHIGERU MATSUZAKI
SLIM WHITMAN
STAN SKIBBY
STEELE CROSWHITE
STEF KAMIL CARLENS
STERLING SPELL *
STEVE CROPPER *
STEVE LOUVAT *
STEVE MORSE
SYLVAIN BOLDUC
SYLVIA TYSON *
TAKFARINAS
TED GREENE *
TERRY NOLAND *
TEX FLETCHER
THIERRY PLAS
TIM ARMSTRONG
TIM BOURNE
TIM GAGAN
TINY TIM
TOM ANDREWS
TOM HOLLAND *
TOM PALOMBI
TONY IOMMI *
TONY JONES
TONY KAYE *
TRAVIS PLAID
UFFE STEEN
VERNON HARRINGTON
VICKI VOMIT *
VINCE BLACK
WAYMAN TISDALE *
WAYNE WRIGHT *
WESLEY TUTTLE *
WILL GLOVER
WILLIAM ‘LEFTY’ BATES
WILLIE DUNCAN
WOLF MAAHN
YOMO TORO
ZEKKARIYAS (Cecil Womack)
i know you said no jimi but i found it so whatever
sorry!? i searched left handed guitarists and they all came up but that was just 1 so im sorry
i know but i was searching so those are the ones i found. and i didnt mean to sound sad or upset or anything :)
you do know i am a girl right so you can call me dudette and i will call you dude, ok dude :p
thanks dude :P lol
Why dont you just buy a left handed guitar?
Your not anything special just because you play a right handed guitar.
And hendrix was a great guitar player , just because he restrung his guitar doesnt mean he wasnt anything special.
well im no expert but....if u r a lefty (like me) why dont u just learn to play it the left handed way? instead of trying the right handed way?.....idk maybe they dont make left handed guitars but i would just try and learn it left handed if ur a lefty