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suffaluffapussycat t1_jada36e wrote

Reply to comment by Neat_Ad_8345 in Even though 10% of the population is left-handed, there aren’t any left-handed sanitiser dispensers by pufballcat

I buy and sell old guitars, so handedness is definitely something to know about. As far as I can tell, the number of left-handed guitars is a lot less than 10% of all guitars.

Over the years, the best I could come up with is that: (a) lots of lefties just learn right-handed when they’re starting. This would be because it’s sometimes not that easy to find a cheap guitar to buy in the first place, so you borrow or buy used, and right-handed ones are what is available.

And (b) many lefties don’t learn because of (again) the lack of availability of instruments. I mean, there aren’t lefty drums or keyboards.

What I can’t figure out is if some lefties are better able to do certain things right-handed than others. Like: are there degrees of handedness?

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Neat_Ad_8345 t1_jadbfqo wrote

Can confirm that I play guitar right-handed due to the lack of left handed guitars. Was hell on earth getting my hand strength built ...

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