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- Can you make a right handed bass guitar left-handed?
- Can you convert a left-handed guitar to right?
- How do you play left-handed right handed bass?
Can you make a right handed bass guitar left-handed?
You say you think this can be done with electric guitar, and of course you're right: Jimi Hendrix played right-handed Strats that he re-strung, turned upside down, and played left-handed. If the greatest guitar virtuoso ever can get by playing right-handed guitars left-handed, so can you.
Can you convert a left-handed guitar to right?
Left handed guitars are generally no more expensive than right handed guitars these days, so it makes no sense to switch around a righty unless it is just a quick fix. ... You don't absolutely have to change the nut, bridge etc just to try out guitar for a few weeks.
How do you play left-handed right handed bass?
There are 2 ways for a leftie to play a right handed bass;
- You can flip it over, and have the (low) E closest to the floor, and fret with your right hand, plucking with your left.
- You can play with your dominant hand (left) on the fretboard, with the bass in the normal orientation for a right handed player.
