Look What's New at the Fret.

[rpm60912]

Not me. I'm kind of flush with guitars right now. I don't have an acoustic with a cutaway though. 

That's why I ordered my FG3 with a cutaway - that would be my only one with a cutaway.

The 30th Anniv LV-03R TF sure is sweet - BTW, the "TF" stands for Tuffy 

ricky

[BenF]

That's why I ordered my FG3 with a cutaway - that would be my only one with a cutaway.

The 30th Anniv LV-03R TF sure is sweet - BTW, the "TF" stands for Tuffy 

ricky

Yeah, he could string it back to front and play some great bass runs with the cutaway on the top Ricky!!!


sorry Tuffy, no offence meant, in reality it must suck having a limited choice of guitars, especially special editions.

[ducktrapper]

That's what he gets for being ... sinister.

[tuffythepug]

That's what he gets for being ... sinister.

That's just not nice.   Don't you know that left-handers are born that way ?  It's not a choice..it's in the genes 

[tuffythepug]

Yeah, he could string it back to front and play some great bass runs with the cutaway on the top Ricky!!!


sorry Tuffy, no offence meant, in reality it must suck having a limited choice of guitars, especially special editions.

Don't feel too sorry for me..    I have my 000-50MT and a Forum III on the way.....  It doesn't get much more special than that !

[strawintogold]

That's just not nice.   Don't you know that left-handers are born that way ?  It's not a choice..it's in the genes 

I thought it was a 'Work of the Devil' sort of things that Nuns beat out of you. Were there no Nuns available?

holly

[Tycho]

I'm left-handed but I play right.  I learned from a book when I was 12.  It said "hold the guitar this way", so I did.

[tuffythepug]

I thought it was a 'Work of the Devil' sort of things that Nuns beat out of you. Were there no Nuns available?

holly

Sadly, no, there were no nuns where I grew up.  I was probably 7 or 8 when I first saw a nun while visitiing another town with my parents.  The way they were dressed was so foreign to me I didn't even know they were real people.  I asked my dad what they ate and he told me they ate Pureena Nun-Chow.  No, I'm not  makin' this stuff up. 
My Mother was a first-grade teacher and, try as she might, she could not get me to hold a pencil in my right hand.   I was an obstinate little -CENSORED-......  Not at all like I am today.   

Tycho
I learned out of a book too.  I just figured the book was wrong.

[Danny]

I'm left-handed but I play right.  I learned from a book when I was 12.  It said "hold the guitar this way", so I did.

I don't know if you intended to be funny, but that was funny.

[Tycho]

  I don't know if you intended to be funny, but that was funny.

Sort of...but it's also true!

[mazareth]

I'm like Tycho, a lefty who plays righty. My reasons are pretty simplistic too. My brother Mitch started playing 2 years or so before I did. He's a righty. When he upgraded his acoustic from an old Yamaha classical to a hog top Washburn (that was a sweet, sweet Japanese made one!), I inherited the Yahama. Since as a poor college soph, I couldn't afford a guitar of my own, Mitch gave me the Yamaha to learn on. It was the only guitar I played for the first three years of learning. Those 70s vintage solid topped Yamaha classicals were great guitars for the money. I think it was $50 used.

It was really that simple. I've never regretted the choice to play righthanded and didn't really give it any thought at the time. Since then I've seen it as a blessing, because I have so many more options in guitars than I would have otherwise had. While writing this, it came to me that I don't know a single lefty in my area that plays lefthanded! I know one guy who plays righthanded guitars upside down.

[Stephen Basil]

I'm also a lefty who plays right handed because I was given a right handed guitar and my father is also a lefty who plays right handed.  I think it affects my playing though, as I'm pretty near useless with my right hand.

[Tycho]

I'm like Tycho, a lefty who plays righty. My reasons are pretty simplistic too. My brother Mitch started playing 2 years or so before I did. He's a righty. When he upgraded his acoustic from an old Yamaha classical to a hog top Washburn (that was a sweet, sweet Japanese made one!), I inherited the Yahama. Since as a poor college soph, I couldn't afford a guitar of my own, Mitch gave me the Yamaha to learn on. It was the only guitar I played for the first three years of learning. Those 70s vintage solid topped Yamaha classicals were great guitars for the money. I think it was $50 used.

It was really that simple. I've never regretted the choice to play righthanded and didn't really give it any thought at the time. Since then I've seen it as a blessing, because I have so many more options in guitars than I would have otherwise had. While writing this, it came to me that I don't know a single lefty in my area that plays lefthanded! I know one guy who plays righthanded guitars upside down.

I know a guy like that too...and he plays fingerstyle!  Watching him is a mind-bending experience, as he plays the melody lines with his thumb and the bass lines with his fingers.

[Tycho]

I'm also a lefty who plays right handed because I was given a right handed guitar and my father is also a lefty who plays right handed.  I think it affects my playing though, as I'm pretty near useless with my right hand.

The jazz guitarist Marc Ribot (who played on Tom Waits's Raindogs) is another lefty-who-plays-righty, and I read an interview with him where he insisted that it affects your playing in subtle ways.

On the other hand, I once asked my old teacher if he thought there was any disadvantage to it, and he said, "Did you ever see a left-handed violin?"

[ducktrapper]

The nuns saw that I did things the way the good Lord rightly intended so ... they only beat me when I spoke.   

[Mr_LV19E]

I'm not a lefty and this is only a theory but I wonder if it would really make much if any difference for a lefty to learn right handed.

Playing guitar requires intricate use of both hands, Ive never seen a beginner not have problems with learning to pick the strings regardless if they were using a pick or their fingers. Same goes for fingering the strings.  It is a skill that must be learned using both hands. Of course this would apply to a right handed person learning to play the guitar left handed.

I guess what I'm getting at is I think it's a psychological barrier brought on by the fact that there are many things that only require the use of one skilled hand so the dominant hand is the obvious choice. Remember Paul Wittgenstein. Which also asks the question, have you ever seen a left handed piano?

And then there's the guy that plays guitar with his feet.

I think we limit ourselves unnecessarily, you really can do just about anything if you try hard enough and practice (muscle memory).

Obviously some are more skilled than others, but I think the person with average skills is going to be average whichever way they learn.

Of course if your a lefty and you think you could do better left handed then you should get a left handed guitar and use the positive thoughts to your advantage.

   

[Safricanplayer]

The koa binding is a very nice touch, but the tuners look out of place...  All in all, why pay that price for a fancy 03 when a used, but still mint, high end L can be had at the Fret for a couple of hundred less?:
http://www.12fret.com/used/LarriveeL09CF84628.jpg

  Highlights the fact that IMHO, we're getting a VERY fair price on the Forum III's. The typical Italian Spruce upcharge is probably pretty close to the surcharge for the cut away...

~ Ray ~

[BenF]

Interestingly, many of the very best golfers in history are lefties who play right handed.

[Zohn]

Interestingly, many of the very best golfers in history are lefties who play right handed.

And batsmen (cricket) - remember Lance Klusener?

[ducktrapper]

No but if you had have said, Jack Hobbs, you Zohn, would be a Slumdog Millen-air!