Right handed guitar

1. What is a right-handed guitar?
2. Is there a difference between left and right-handed guitars?
3. Can right-handed play guitar?
4. Can I play a right-handed guitar left handed?

What is a right-handed guitar?

A right-handed guitarist plays guitar with their left hand on the fingerboard / fretboard , otherwise known as fretting, while they use the right hand to pick / strum / play the strings above the sound hole.

Is there a difference between left and right-handed guitars?

An easy way to tell the difference between a left handed and right handed guitar is to hold the instrument up in front of you vertically and look at the strings. If the thickest string is on the right the guitar is a lefty. If it's on the left then the guitar is a regular right-handed model.

Can right-handed play guitar?

Right: right-handed guitar player. Guitars come in right-handed and left-handed varieties. ... Most people who are interested in learning guitar simply go out and buy one—the right-handed variety—without necessarily even knowing that there is another kind. But it's a good idea to think about this decision carefully.

Can I play a right-handed guitar left handed?

Of course you can! Some guitarists -- such as Jimi Hendrix and Albert King -- simply restrung a right-handed guitar to invert the strings or played a right-handed guitar upside down.