Left-handed Beginner Guitarist

MonsieurD

I am shopping around for my first guitar. I am a mature left-handed person - so no recommendations to learn as a right-hander please.

I have done the rounds of the Limerick (my home town) suppliers and they actually have no left-handed acoustic guitars in stock.

I am willing to travel to get a guitar that feels right. So are there any outlets in the country that have a reasonable supply of leftie guitars in stock.

It wasn't me!

Nowhere is going to have too many of them. Is there a particular reason you're so dead set against learning to play right-handed? If you're starting out, it's not as though you've spent years learning left-handed. I'm not advocating it myself, as everyone does their own thing differently, but it's a route a lot of left-handed guitarists take, and it does make their lives easier in terms of sourcing instruments.

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play left handed its cooler


most music shops in dublin have a couple, but ive 7 leftie guitars and ive goten a few on the net or ordered in...


kinda know what u want and ring around to see what lefties some shops have

MonsieurD

Cheers for the reply. I have tried a right-handed for a little practice(my brother's guitar) and tried a leftie (a cousin's guitar). I have to say that the guitar sitting on my left side feels most comfortable and natural.
As a leftie, my stronger left hand for strumming makes more sense to me.
My right hand is more naturally adept at the setting of chords ( I hope!!).

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im right ahnded but i play left, same reasons more natural and it just seems beter suited for me this way.

check online for an idea of what ur lookin for and then ask around shops

Hoagy

MonsieurD wrote: »

So are there any outlets in the country that have a reasonable supply of leftie guitars in stock.

Well you can forget Dublin. Waltons carry a reasonable variety of lefty electrics, but only a few cheapie acoustics. The other three shops in the immediate area are worse as far as holding any stock goes.

If you don't mind the journey, take a trip up the M1 to Drogheda and visit the Sound Shop. One of the guys who works there is a lefty, so they keep a reasonable selection.

Look at their website for directions.

MonsieurD

Thanks for the link to Sound Shop.
I 've also contacted Crowley's in Cork city and they have a few tanglewood lefties.