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Topic: Left handed single neck steel. |
Bobby Rice
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Tennessee, USA
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Posted 21 Jan 2024 10:46 am |
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I have a friend who is left handed and is considering learning to play steel guitar.
If someone out there has a good used left handed steel for sale, please contact me at bhr6276@yahoo.com. |
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Ricky Davis
From:
Bertram, Texas USA
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Posted 21 Jan 2024 2:22 pm
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He should do what Lloyd Green did; as Lloyd is Left Handed in EVERY way, in life; but plays the pedal steel Right handed; as he claims the Bar hand is the most important hand when playing and that is indeed his Left hand when playing Right. He never thought twice about playing a left handed pedal steel.
Ricky
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Dave Hopping
From:
Aurora, Colorado
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Posted 21 Jan 2024 3:57 pm
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I'm fairly strongly left-handed,but had no problem with playing six-string and steel right-handed, so if Bobby's friend is new to playing, it might be worthwhile considering going righty on steel.
OTOH if he already plays a string instrument LH, it would get confusing to try steel RH.
EDIT: while typing the above I realized I've never seen or heard of a left-handed piano or other keyboard. Do they even exist? |
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David Martin
From:
Kingsport, TN 37660 USA
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Posted 22 Jan 2024 12:12 pm
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I'm no Lloyd Green but, I am left handed but play steel right handed. Here's the odd thing, before I started playing steel, I played guitar left handed with it strung left handed. I never had a problem with it. Getting string grips on steel with the right hand to me is simular to making chord grips with the right hand on guitar played lefty.
I will say this.. I bat right handed..throw a ball right handed..use a hammer left handed, but I would throw it right. I eat left and write left.
I have played with musicians that are lefty but play several instruments right handed.
I would strongly recommend that anyone left handed to consider starting right handed on steel, being lefty is not a handicap.
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Rich Cottle
From:
Sacramento California
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Posted 28 Jan 2024 5:09 pm Boogie
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That's right
Last edited by Rich Cottle on 17 Feb 2024 8:59 am; edited 3 times in total |
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Ron Pruter
From:
Arizona, USA
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Posted 2 Feb 2024 5:11 pm
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Glen Campbell spoke about how learning guitar right handed was one of the best decisions he ever made.
The Everly Brothers also. RP
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James Holland
From:
Alabama, USA
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Posted 3 Feb 2024 9:19 am
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| Ricky Davis wrote: |
Bar hand is the most important hand when playing
Ricky |
If thats true, then the 90% of all right handed players need to switch bar hands...and pedal steels need to be built the other way.
But we know guitars are made the correct way for 90% of the population. Something to think about. |
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