Flipping the Strings on a Strat CHANGES EVERYTHING

[@MusicisWin]

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[@ahha6304]

!!elaD kciD od esaelp emit txen

[@jacketheridge07]

!!looc ytterp dekool ytfel

[@TylerJohnstonGuitar]

Thought I had a stroke reading this

[@ereimul1444]

!!!eno tfel eht

[@GigaManners]

😎 looc skool erus ti tuB .ecnereffid a fo hcum t'nsi ereht ,dnuos fo smret nI

[@davisradde971]

As a lefty guitarist, I have felt the pain of trying to find a guitar that best suits what you like. They make them in limited variants, colors, or just plain out don't make them. The only company that literally makes all of their guitars with left-handed variants is Schecter, which is awesome if you're really into those guitars. Love the video!

[@jogmas12]

I like Schecter guitars. I’m buying one soon

[@robertwalker7920]

Ibanez as well

[@Thinkforwardnow]

Went to guitar Center a month ago to see what that had. Been about 4 years since my last visit. Not one left handed guitar in the store. Decided to put my dream guitar together myself. Bought all of the parts individually. Telecaster MIM body, neck, custom shop pickups, aluminum pickguard, good pots and switch, locking tuners. I switched the neck pickup cover to an open faced one. That thing is fantastic. Originally I wanted a copper colored pickguard and couldn’t find one. Called some pickguard manufacturers and they said no. Ended up ordering a right handed one off eBay from overseas. It was metal so I figured I would flip it over and be straight. Nope, it was aluminum with some shielding on the side I needed. Buffed it up and put it on. Damn thing looks amazing. Lefties do what we do. Make it work.😂

[@Jesperadoo]

I really appreciate Schecter for that exact reason. Wish more brands did what they did.

[@biloki3079]

As a lefty, I LOVE my Schecter.

[@timscarrow9151]

As a lefty I cannot fathom how I could play a lefty guitar. Always played righty.

[@fredlyons4538]

It’s so much cheaper for guitars! That’s why I tell folks who are lefty’s with writing, to just LEARN right handed, never mind your natural writing hand, you ain’t writing with a guitar

[@metalfan846]

​@@fredlyons4538 I'm a lefty who learned right handed for those exact reasons

[@marquitust2874]

Im lefty too and I play righty guitars

[@jogmas12]

Lucky you.

[@jacksonredd_]

Same

[@mikaashton2152]

I´m a lefty and you get use to playing guitars upside down, and even turning the pickups around etc.More what i learnt over the years was to play guitars in the shop with the strings upside down was the way that if you turn your logic upside down you can play songs well the other way around... Crazy stuff. Love the channel..

[@Mr.Goldbar]

It's all in the placement of the bridge pickup, and after the tone tests, there's a reason why the righty was designed that way

[@tomtesfaye8040]

what about reversed neck and middle pickups... they are also upside-down... so staggered height of each pole piece is reversed ;)

[@Mr.Goldbar]

@@tomtesfaye8040 that effects the output, not necessarily the tone

[@Kylora2112]

@@tomtesfaye8040 That would only affect the volume, and not by much.

[@DaveRidesADyna]

Reversing the pickups on anything inevitably will create a different sound. I personally love the lefty's crisp sound of the lower tones. The high E is already meant to be crisp. I dig this.

[@stratoleft]

Duh, .. why don't you just get a right handed guitar with the single coils routed for, and at the angle you want? Dig that. Pun intended.

[@a2ndopynyn]

I bought the "Hendrix" Strat specifically to get the effect of the reverse-slanted pickup and differences in string tension from High to Low E. They all seemed like sensible changes for me, especially the pickup, since I do not like a 'shrill' tone at all. But a totally flipped-over Strat (a flipped lefty for me also) is _just not comfortable to play..._ The Hendrix model is a great balance, IMO. Now that you've done this, you might give one a try, also. I'd love to see you compare and contrast the Hendrix righty model with a flipped lefty.

[@imijofsoul-ajimiexperience7164]

Yeah it gives you a whole new respect for Jimi

[@vintagesimplexfirealarmsof6440]

i randomly got a lefty and swaped it

[@web0flife_tarantulas74]

Which model do you have? The straight flipped version that has the cut out up top, or the reverse headstock version that has the pickup magnets and slant reversed? I have the latter and it is my go to strat

[@a2ndopynyn]

@@web0flife_tarantulas74 - The second one.

[@ElShogoso]

I started with a righty guitar as a lefty and can confirm, it's suffering. But it builds character. And by the time I bought my first proper lefty guitar, I definitely knew how to appreciate the ergonomics of a nice guitar in another level (especially since my first lefty guitar was an Ibanez with amazing ergonomics). Things like having that sculpt on the body to better ajust to your chest and forearm for example, really learned to appreciate that, and when I got my first les paul, it was the first thing I missed again since LPs don't have that.

[@thomdushane]

I like that you went full out and took a righty. As a left handed player i remember the joy of my first true left handed guitar, followed by the irritation that it was 100 bucks more than the right handed version hanging on the wall right next to it.

[@josephjester4917]

I feel ya bro. Paying 50% more for a lefty guitar and nowadays there is $0 cost difference in making a lefty versus a righty guitar.

[@Kylora2112]

That's kinda gone away in the past 15 years or so. Ibanez still has a markup, but Schecter, LTD, Fender, Gibson, and Kiesel don't upcharge for lefties.

[@AllofJudea]

​@@Kylora2112 Hmm. I must be getting ripped off then. I've bought 3 guitars in the past 10 years from 2 of the companies listed and I paid an extra 100 for each one. Go check the prices.

[@austinhowell3463]

I strung my first guitar ever wrong and played it for a couple years. I had the gauges in the wrong order so the high E, G and B were backwards thickness wise but still in tune which made fretting a gatdamn chore

[@matcoffidis1135]

I'll always remember sitting down on a stool in a guitar store when I was 16 and immediately holding a right handed guitar like a lefty would. Still amazes me to this day that I did that. I didn't even realized I play left handed at that point, it was just automatic the way I held it...lol. I had no idea about how to hold one and just held it like that. Then years later realizing that you can play it differently...ie strings reversed and such. Great video... ✌️

[@stratoleft]

What is your flippin' point? Are you left handed or not?

[@CosmoProductions]

I’m left-handed. I learned on a restrung Squier Strat when I was 13. When I got my first left-handed Telecaster which I still have, it took me awhile to break the habit of picking high (to avoid hitting controls on the strat) so my first tele is all scratched up above the neck pickup on the body.

[@jameschamplin1742]

As far as the effect the pickups have, pick guards with reverse-angle bridge positions are available. Install them rotated 180º if the pole pieces are staggered. If the poles are flat, it doesn't matter.

[@soundssimple1]

I play right handed but wanted a Jimi style look so bought a 'lefty' so that the 'look 'was also correct. Changed the nut, re-done the bridge saddles for intonation and restrung. The most noticeable difference was the low E (6) string went to the farthest away tuning peg and the high E (1st ) went to the nearest tuning peg. Does this affect string tensions because the length of string under tension is flipped E to E ? is it in my mind or is the low E more bendy feeing looser ? Is the high E tighter and harder to bend feeling tighter ? Anyway I have the proper look when playing and all the geometry and physics is the same as a 'Jimi.' Now all I need is his hands and his skill..............You are right in saying playability is shot, knobs in the wrong place, whammy bar under your wrist, argghhhh. But hey its an experience.........

[@tah5w]

Both sound the same except for slight variation in the bridge since it's slanted at an angle. Any other differences seem to be borne out of your pic attack dynamics, inherent in the requirement to change your playing style to accommodate the controls/input blocking your normal approach.

[@honkytonkinson9787]

I heard a slight difference. Might be variations in the pups, pots, and wiring between guitars, as much as the pup placement. To get to the nitty gritty it would be interesting to swap electronics and do the same test Also, swap necks and see if that makes a difference, reverse and non-reverse headstock

[@mauriziomontalto4032]

I feel like the upside down stringed guitar sounds a bit fattier

[@johnnydropkicks]

You gotta choose a tone knob, drop it underneath the pickguard and move the volume knob to where the middle knob would be.

[@gonufc]

A few years into playing I didn't use my little finger anywhere near enough and it was partly due to imitating/ learning Hendrix stuff- the difficulty of using your little finger with a flipped guitar makes a lot of sense now. To be honest I can't tell how much I'm imagining the differences or if they are actually there!

[@RichInternationalAir]

First things first... Witchcraft! Even with the wonky hand gymnastics and input jack placement, both sounded great. Perhaps the Lefty moreso because the of the Hendrix mojo. Tyler, I've been a subscriber for a while now. I was surprised to not have seen a Music is Win video in my subscription feed for three months. After I searched for your channel, I found that I had missed several videos, but was still subscribed. I hadn't seen this happen before.

[@dunxy]

Got notifications set to "all"? Subscribing by itself doesn't push all a channels videos to your feed.

[@RichInternationalAir]

@@dunxy I will check that, thanks! 😃 🎸

[@GabrielSayeghJr]

oh boy, never wanted to be in Nashville more than left now... but seriously, loved this because the lefty guitar player struggle is real. Thanks Tyler!

[@danielking6534]

As a right handed player i never liked the volume knob in my way, i made some spacers and a plate for the pots to submerge in the cavity then cut the knobs down to 1/8" thick, problem solved

[@markpell8979]

Last year I bought a lefty Epi Les Paul absolutely dirt cheap (was $300, marked down to $15 yes fifteen for clearance) at the pawn shop for spare parts for my other Epis but it was so good I converted it to play righty instead. Put on a new Graph Tech Tusq nut, made an elevated, curved wooden arm rest for the body (something like a violin's chin rest) so my right arm floats above the controls. Works great. Jack location proved to be no problem, which was a surprise. Put a PRS-style cutout scoop between the neck and pickup switch (now on the 'bottom' side) for better access to the high notes. Moved upper strap button to the horn. Finished the parts I woodworked to match the cherry red of the sunburst. It's unique, weird and wonderful and plays awesome. One thing that surprised me is the pots operate in the opposite direction for lefties so it's a little quirky but you get used to it quick enough. Of course the pickup switch is upside down but the switch doesn't care and neither do I.

[@muffinman1978]

You could re-wire the pots and make them work reverse or get more high friction pots - if you wanted to keep it up-side-down.

[@MarcaCanaglia]

I guess every lefty out there can feel like me, right now: being not only heard but also understood and represented by a righty is just touching. I AM CRYING, YOU RIGHTY DUDE 😢

[@einfachich2090]

This could be the beginning of an awesome new series of comparison. Love your work, keep on rocking \m/

[@chrisboyd5451]

To me the left handed one sounds brighter I am guessing because of pick up angle. I have played many flipped strats over the years as a left handed guitar player.

[@Kylora2112]

That's exactly what it is. Leo Fender thought the low strings were too bright when he was designing the Tele, so he angled the pickup.

[@stratoleft]

@@Kylora2112 OK. So Telecaster's bridge pick up is angled. And, usually, a straight routed lipstick pickup up front. What has that got to do with left handers?

[@stratoleft]

A left handed what? Stratocaster? Tele, what? If it wasn't for Curt Cobain, Fender wouldn't have given you the time of day. Fender didn't lift a finger when Jimi Hendrix was involved in it because they didn't have to. In fact, if it wasn't for Edward Van Halen with his radical modifications, and his throng of followers watching everything he did, Fender would still be in the doldrums they were in at the time. At that point, Fender had these independent builders right on their doorstep, creating instruments that actually worked and are superior. Fender, and all the rest of 'em, had to do something wih the dysfuntional junk in music stores or wherever. . Otherwise, somebody else will.

[@Kylora2112]

@@stratoleft The closer the pickup magnet is to the bridge, the brighter the tone. Reversing the strings will affect the brightness of the angled pickup (low strings will be brighter, high strings will be mellower). You'll have to ask Leo Fender exactly why he designed his guitars the way he did.

[@stratoleft]

@@Kylora2112 I don't need you or anybody else to tell me about the principles of guitar, single coils, cheap lookin' soap bar pickups, that Gibson happily created and produced to replace such junk in their top-of-the-line instruments, most famously, the likes of the absolutely ONE-OF-A-KIND famous tone that only Mike Bloomfield has ever obtained from the instrument. I know why Fender does what they've done, or do. It all revolves around right handed people. Get it? The entire world of stringed instruments revolve around right handed people. I do get it. I know I've put in the wasted effort with right handed junk guitars as well as left handed rejects as well. I've already pointed out to you people the absolutely CRITICAL accuracy of the bridges, from end to end, and everything in/on the neck between. Do you people think that the builder or re-conditioner just guesses at the critical notches, depth, and angle at just the neck bridge alone? I don't expect stringed instrument manufacturers, or even the asians who are actually good at it, to cater to me. My question was, and still is, why left handers are even brought up in this freakin' subject to begin with? We were never an after thought to Fender, Gibson, or anybody else to begin with. Like I said. The asians, who have surprisingly upgraded their processes, do give left handers notice for some reason. For any left handers starting out, reading these goofy video blogs, forums, and such, about being left handed, here is my suggestion to them. I suggest you/they try to find the likes of Stratocaster expert, Dan Erlewine, if that's even possible, and learn something about guitar construction and finishing. Otherwise, I will call anybody's bluff on this predicament when it comes to being a left hander moping around in a in a world dominated by right handed stringed instruments. Anybody, any time.

[@neoclassical_guitar]

I am a lefty but around 2months in I realized there are not many left handed guitars compared to right so I just stopped and completely relearned but with my right

[@Tyler-qw8kn]

I'm a lefty that plays with reverse strings. I've played this way my whole life. It has its pros and cons, but the reaction I get from people when the notice is priceless 🤘

[@Peron1-MC]

you definitely get style points :)

[@stantonterrell7015]

SAME BRO!!

[@stratoleft]

Congratulations, dude. I couldn't even begin to approach such a thing. Then again, I'm no Jimmy Haslip either. Neither is anybody else in the world for that matter.

[@suchu_021]

Can you share the pros and cons please. I'm thinking of buying a guitar and reversing it's strings

[@Tyler-qw8kn]

@suchu_021 easier to bend strings and sounds unique. I wouldn't recommend doing it though. Makes it way more difficult when buying guitars. You have to put work into it and swap parts

[@mattski85]

As a lefty that plays guitar lefty I appreciate this video so much. I have a decent amount of guitars. Never been able to pick the colors I want. Never really get to go to a store and try all the guitars on the wall and pick the “one”. The nearest guitar center has one left handed electric that’s a squire haha. Waited about a year each for my Gibson les Paul’s . Hell I’ve been playing over 20 years and just recently got a guitar with my first Floyd rose and it’s great!

[@stefanloof1643]

Excellent video, Tyler! This is why I watch you - you continuously find new and fascinating guitar subjects. Cheers from Sweden! 🇸🇪

[@gregdankert]

The lefty one made me want affordable healthcare - the righty one made me want to buy a gas stove

[@chriskettlewell801]

Pretty sure that unlike most pickups, strat pickups aren’t quite symmetrical, the pole piece height is different or something. So that they are about the only pickups that have a lefty version. So it would make sense that a lefty strung upside down would sound marginally different to the RH one.

[@bradwoods371]

3:12 that picking style, though initially awkward, gives you a lot of precision

[@gwvest]

just take the lefty neck and put it on a righty body, then get another pick guard so you can put the bridge pickup in the same angle as a lefty angle. Bass side closer to the bridge

[@wyattmarsh7571]

we NEED a new studio tour and updated guitar collection video!!!!

[@RockStarOscarStern634]

1:07 Wow they're mirror images of each other.

[@Scythe17]

To my ear, the righty guitar has much more of a boost to the higher strings but still with a very rounded sound. The lefty is bright everywhere, and the middle two strings just really POP with a very clear sound that matches the brightness of the highest two strings way more.

[@orinlidror1091]

Looks like an absolute nightmare to play. But hey, hendrix did it so it was only a matter of time until Tyler makes this video. Also I'm very happy to see that you got another guitar, Tyler. You really needed that😊

[@EddieClark]

Anything involving the bridge pickup sounded different. The change in the orientation definitely impacted the tone.

[@pharmerdavid1432]

My 1997 Hendrix tribute strat is awesome, and helped me understand why Jimi preferred it to a lefty type, which he could have had too. The only downside is the reach on high notes, but how often do you play up there anyways, and Hendrix had huge hands so no problem for him. Yes its a very cool guitar, but....I'm not a strat guy, so.......I'll keep it anyways!

[@booth403]

the higher strings on the left handed guitar seemed warmer, maybe because of the bridge pickup? maybe something for those that are really chasing Jimi's tone to think about

[@allendean9807]

As a lefty, it feels more like we are the 1/2 percent sometimes. I can’t tell you the last time i went into a music store and bought a guitar. I could have 2k hanging from my back pocket, and it wouldn’t matter, because I’m not interested in a 2011 squire telecaster with and inch of dust on it, and strings from the depression era… Btw, I’m in Lexington, KY- so I’m not that far away!!!

[@nikhillrao3799]

Positions with the bridge pickup certainly sounded more hendrix-y

[@moisesvillasenor3302]

I wonder how it would be if I taught myself to play left-handed because I am actually left-handed, but I play right-handed. I also wonder if playing right as a lefty has some pros since my fretting hand would be my dominant hand

[@brushstroke3733]

R.J. Ronquillo made a video about Hendrix's tone five years ago, and he explained how this was key to Hendrix's sound and feel. The reversed headstock makes the strings bass strings higher tension than usual, and reduces tension on the higher strings. Hendrix also used very light gauge strings. Anyway, it's awesome you brought this info to a new audience and got to try out something new.

[@InitialDreadly]

I'll have to check it out, because as I said above in another comment, I've played RGs with standard and reverse headstocks for the better part for 20 years and have never noticed a difference between guitars that are otherwise identical. Different scale lengths do exist and this would be no different to taking the hardware from a short scale guitar and putting it on a longer scale, which from experience makes literally zero difference once the amp comes into play. I mean, I've got 24.75, 25 and 25.25" scale lengths all sitting right next to me, and have interchanged parts between all of them just last year before settling on the EMGs in my PRS, which was 100% about feel, because every guitar sounded exactly the same through an amp. However, the one thing that actually does make a real difference in this video is the fact that with the guitar flipped, the bridge pickup angle is reversed. Regardless of headstock position, that is going to make a difference.

[@saml.kurono9431]

5:40 wow, I didn't expect it - but the left handed one did actually sound a lot better. Especially the bridge pickup.

[@oblaty]

yeah ergonomy is a one thing, but don´t forget bridge pickup orientation and having a reversed headstock also affects the tone (some say a lot)

[@bob420ert]

It's more obvious in the middle position to me, but the flipped guitar sounded a little louder and chirpier, it had a little more high end, the standard guitar in all cases had noticably more bass and the overall tone sounded more rounded on all pickups where the flipped one was a bit slapper and punchier, 4th position helps to hear that too, i am listening with headphones on, love the video Tyler keep up the awesome work🤘👊

[@RokDAWG1]

NOBODY would notice what direction the guitar is facing or any pickup inversions in a mix. I pretty much doubt otherwise as well. You are getting a killer tone!

[@JaOzrenRadovanovic]

There is story that Jimi got a proper lefty Strat but he didn't like it. He prefer controls on the top. Then he gave it to Billy Gibbons. It was red supposedly.

[@NicoDsSBCs]

I'm left handed but started playing guitar right handed. I did have a left handed guitar when I was young and could play on it but I had gotten so used to play right handed, and because of that I was better right handed. Chords are okay left handed, but soloing just didn't go well. I did have a lot of problems with my rhythm for years. Maybe because of this. Luckily gotten better after 24 years of playing. Great video.

[@DannyGilbride-ti9zy]

The knobs roll backwards on lefty American stats compared to a righty. Look at a lefty and righty on sweetwater . Ones clockwise and the other is counter clockwise. Pickups are staggered differently and the tuners are different.

[@joonasvuomajoki2636]

Congrats. You found a way a strat's volume knob can be more in the way.

[@ElShogoso]

As a lefty, I also started on a strat with inverted strings. It was... painful. Lots, and I mean LOTS of cables ruined because my arm rested against the input jack, turned down the volume all the time, reaching high frets was an issue, intonation was never quite right, and wearing a strap wasn't a thing (I didn't mod the guitar in any way, I just played sitting down). Learned to play like that anyway though. But getting my first actual lefty guitar was the best day of my life.

[@stratoleft]

Good for you. If I had to do it all over again, or if I actually COULD do it all over again, I would have tried my best to get a set of drums. Then maybe, .. just maybe, at this point I could play ~somewhat~ like Tony Williams. Otherwise, I would have never gotten involved with your world of stringed instruments at all.

[@joermnyc]

11% here. When I first started playing in 1994, the shop recommended learning to play righty since there’s more righty guitars out there than lefty. That may no longer be true. I still play (air) drums lefty though (haven’t been around a kit I was allowed to flip in a long time.)

[@fortunatejeremy]

This seems to be a common suggestion from shops. Maybe if more lefties ignored this advice there would be more demand for lefty guitars and thus companies would male more.

[@Giraffinator]

One of the best guitarists I ever had the privilege of knowing was a lefty who played like Eric Gales: with a right-handed guitar without flipping the strings. I'm told he just never knew any better until it was too late to change.

[@347Jimmy]

Rare players, very strange to watch, have met one too

[@ACEDIAMOND666]

Tone comments: 1. Turn the pick ups on righty around to invert the poles. Gives it a fuller, bigger, richer, beefier, fatter sound. The tone difference is night and day. 2. I'm a Southpaw, but have, like many of my fellow lefty guitar players, have just had to deal with playing righty. I have been doing so since I was 16 in 1993.

[@seaneverett7576]

I'm a lefty who also plays a righty upside down, without reversing the strings. I tried a lefty once and just couldn't do it. I could however play the pants off that lefty the way you have it setup now! I used to struggle with the knobs too, now I just leave them off, they're less in the way and harder to turn without the plastic cover haha!

[@pietroborgesparri]

5:50 That difference I believe is probably because you didn't switch the position of the pick ups I'm not sure about what I'm talking about, but I believe the pick ups are put like that for a reason, if you listen carefully, you can hear the low frequencies vanishing in the lefty (or it's just my mind idk)

[@ESP77769]

I have the Fender Voodoo Strat, w/just the neck reversed, simply, the best Strat (besides the Elite) ever made!! The necks are outstanding!! :-)

[@Obxhatman]

So from a tone perspective , its forcing your palm further back and you are picking more over the bridge pickup , so the tone tends to be a slight bit more bass heavy. You actually get a slightly warmer tone , which for the style Jimi was playing , it totally would benefit the more heavy feeling of style he brought. Now from a R and B blues feel , you may want your hand at the back for some warmer tones on the thicker strings but R an B with lead thrown in , most of the time , you will want that more twangy bite on the middle and higher strings to get that teeth gritting power lead note on the bends. Jimi loved the richer warmer tones though for sure , probably one reason why his music is very hard to reproduce. Its unique , in such a way , its almost impossible to reproduce.

[@eddyguizonde401]

lefty, always hated playing strats because "HEY JIMI HENDRIX" hecklers. i play a flipped flying v. played a flipped sg, and recently got my first lefty tele and explorer. they feel weird not having the knobs at the wrists

[@arceneaux777]

Raises hand! When are you going to do an episode on your love for metal bands? I see the shirts dude, let's do it!

[@joshuagates7772]

I live the lefty struggle everyday! Im from PA but Im about ready to hop on a plane and walk around Nashville - try to have a run-in with that strat!

[@jem5x541]

Back in the day I used to play a HM series Strat re-strung like this - I got round the issue of the controls being in the way by just removing them - set all the knobs to 10 then stuff them inside the control cavity. It wasn't the most versatile of guitars but it solved the problem! I had a pedal on the floor with volume set to 0 so I could shut the signal off between songs.

[@Dan.Solo.Chicago]

I'm so glad I play right-handed. After a lifetime of always having to find left-handed versions of stuff, I feel like I finally caught a break. A brief glimpse of what it's like to be normal for once. I think it makes more sense. Why wouldn't I fret with the same hand I write with?

[@StarQueenEstrella]

Some left-handed guitarists, such as Joe Perry of Aerosmith and Mark Knopfler of Dire Straits, learned to play guitar right-handed. (Curiously enough, Joe actually did own a left-handed Stratocaster that he restrung to be played right-handed. I believe he used that on the recording of “Walk This Way”.)

[@jacksonredd_]

That’s what I’ve done, never played a left-handed guitar but I’m good with playing right-handed

[@terrybanks5063]

@@jacksonredd_ me too mate, dad told me as a kid, 30 years back, learn right handed and youll always be able to buy the guitar you want. cheers for that by the way dad

[@digital360]

Same as these guys. Lefty that learned to play right-handed.

[@rickytizzle123]

Yeah me too, my dad is lefty and when he was a kid in the 60’s, affordable beginner left handed instruments didn’t really exist. I grew up watching him play right handed and learned on his guitars, it didn’t really strike me as odd but when I’ve tried a lefty guitar I can’t make it work, it just feels wrong.

[@Ottophil]

@@digital360 we call those “the good ones”

[@timmackenzie8145]

Oh yeah, I’m a Canadian poverty stricken guitar player who needs more than the one cheap Epiphone I have now, and would literally love anything I can get. Keep up the great work 😎

[@robinbennison9225]

AaaaaaAaaaAAAAAaaalrighty then! Ace Ventura: When Nature Calls reference. Bravo, Tyler.

[@coledoyle5950]

i mean. string lengths are different, plus pickups might not be identical in height. but i kinda like the left sound.

[@joedrew4884]

The guitar guru I use plays right hand guitars as a lefty, he just plays it upside down it’s mind blowing for me to watch him even after years

[@Ugghahbuggah]

As a lefty I cannot fathom how I could play a righty guitar. Always played lefty.

[@RByrne]

I've tried both back to back, and for me, a left-hander flipped over feels better. I lo e the sound of strats but I hate that the controls and middle pickup are right where i dont want them to be. Flipping one over solved the controls issue at least, and didnt really affect my wrist.

[@DarthKofi391]

I've been saying this for a few years but reverse pickup on a strat sounds amazing, and 4 that way every time I buy a strat set of left handed strat pickup for a right handed

[@idknoahclifton]

As a lefty going to school at Belmont this video seems to have called to me

[@mikefetterman6782]

I am a lefty. For years I switched guitars to "the right way" (lol) until I found a lefty Martin Sigma,(94) and my 99 Mexi-Strat, I did, however, buy a righty Hofner bass and turn it over.

[@mikefetterman6782]

I bought all of them new. My Hofner is 3 years old now. I started playing in 1987 after SRV did the SKY IS CRYING album. I put away my saxophone and trumpet from high school and got a real instrument.

[@brandonanderson2066]

2023 and Hendrix still has people flipping guitars around 😂🤘

[@bouzoukiman5000]

1st and 2nd position should sound less warm on the low end cuz the bridge pickup is now bent toward the bridge on the low strings and toward the neck on the high strings. The other 3 positions should sound the same as a right handed guitar

[@seancurtin5131]

I've wanted to do this for years. There was even a 60s Fender Strat LH on sale and when I mentioned what I wanted to do with the guitar, someone else in the shop must have liked the idea, because when I returned with the cash to make the necessary purchase, someone had offered the store more for it and bought it out f om under me. Well needless to say, that destroyed all faith the in that store and I didn't return to purchase anything from them evet again. Not that, that would have made a tremendous amount of difference but on a side note the store closed it's doors a couple of months later. Moral of the story, look after the players guitar stores. Their the ones that will keep your store alive when times are slow. Fail to look after them and start business practices like that and good luck. Thanks for sharing, there is definately a distinct and pleasant difference to the tone of the instrument and as expected the low E bass string had a pinch more depth and all that from a crappy phone speaker. Nice. 😀

[@pietroborgesparri]

8:46 By the way I'm from Brazil and guitar here is ridiculously expensive, a budget guitar for you in USA would be like 8 minimum wages here (the cheapest Epiphones are 8~9 minimum wages) so I would love to see that donation happening :D

[@Brandon_Hisey_music]

the bridge pickup is the opposite angle in conjunction to the strings

[@waterfalleyes]

this is random but there's actually no need for a tool to remove the knobs on a guitar, you can just use a shoestring (or any kind of string) to tuck it under and then pull

[@dude_crush_]

The difference in tone is coming from the pickups. It's more prominent with the bridge pickup since it's slanted the other way, but you hear it with the neck and middle since the pickups are flipped anyway. It's something to do with the staggering of the pole pieces in the pickup. It sounds cool though, brighter and spankier.

[@gramcharles5099]

I use my pinky finger. "If you've got one, why not utilize it?" That's how I always looked at it.

[@theguerrillachemist4232]

Great video! I’m a lefty and it’s almost impossible to find vintage guitars(I play mostly fenders). My dream would be to find a lefty 69 comp blue mustang, like Cobain’s but I’ve never seen one online anywhere. I have played many righty guitars flipped and restrung and I’m glad you see how the controls can get in the way and affect the way you strum and pick. If you can’t find that guitar a home, I would love to add it to my collection!

[@dogusaltn8232]

Pick-up and pole height change the tone not the order of strings. You can easily make a righty similar to that.

[@mattflickinger8151]

Yea did he reset the pickup heights?

[@dogusaltn8232]

@@mattflickinger8151 I don't think so. There is an audible difference between two guitars.

[@Summ3rhays]

Agreed, the pole height definitely changes the tone and volume of the individual strings on the cv strat that I flipped

[@JeffV]

String length on E is longer witch helps. Longer from saddle to tuner. Or just get reverse neck same effect. And pickups angled opposite as on the Jake e Lee model

[@m00plank90]

I play l right handed guitars left handed. Flip it over and done. You develop a different way of playing. I’m so used to the knobs getting in the way, that I’ve developed a tic, where any moment I can, I’m turning the volume up whether it needs it or not. Tried lefty guitars strung right handed, but I’m just too used to having the controls where they are now.

[@aaroncrane884]

I feel heard and understood, the time for healing is now.

[@crankmyamp]

For me, there is more low end the low is more prominent. The bridge pickup sounded more smooth for me, I kinda like it, for my ears sounded more thick and fat. Did you feel the same?

[@viiSiigma]

This video speaks to me. I’m a lefty, I learned on a righty (Hendrix style) except I didn’t flip the strings the right way around. I don’t still play that way but it is a cool party trick to pull out every once in a while lmao

[@josephguillermo3007]

I have had many right handed guitars that I had to flip over due to I could never find a left handed guitar. Later in life I was able to find and afford left handed guitars. One thing that has stuck with me from that time is that I love reverse headstocks. My Ltds all had reverse headstocks.

[@VoyagerOfTheVeil]

i just purchased a lefty Epiphone SG to learn on and honestly i found all the lefty jokes hysterical. im here for it!

[@CountrySingerWannabe]

You should of just gotten the Jimi sgnature with the upside down headstock. It is my favorite strat.

[@russellzauner]

Having to keep your hand/wrist off the face of the guitar removes the damping effect of your arm contacting the top; since higher pitches are damped easier, it should open up and round out the sound as it regenerates. There will probably be a bit more richness of overtones as well.

[@GetOutsideYourself]

Anything with the bridge pickup I like the righty better. The middle and neck positions sound a tiny bit more interesting on the lefty.

[@Banach.c]

First, there was Hendrix, then, Iommi. A few years later, Cobain. Lefties are blessed ( and Hendrix is the greatest guitar player ever, period.)

[@mitchellturnbull3988]

Interesting how rock and roll, blues, etc…well, i guess mainly guitar in general, is the only instrument we seem to want to play with a dominate hand? Seems like every other instrument is taught one way and one way only, but with guitar we actually have left and right handed instruments. Just seem oddly exclusive to our instrument.

[@brazierf]

i remember seeing Keith Urban talk about guitars with reversed headstocks (like how your lefty one turned out) as having a more natural resonance because of how the thickest strings is longer and thinner strings are shorter similar to how pianos are, maybe something in that?

[@dane6k6]

SRV's #1 guitar was right handed with a left handed bridge. The whammy is on top. That must feel weird. Try that one out.

[@usernameunk]

it’s more natural imo

[@Kylora2112]

What fucks me up about that the most is that it was because that was the only replacement Strat bridge he could find. Like dude, I'm a lefty and I can't find replacement lefty parts half the time lol

[@usernameunk]

@@Kylora2112 he said this? that’s gotta be a lie, he definitely did it because hendrix had the trem like that (even tho he had to). plus it’s gold just like all his hardware on #1

[@LifeLoveCreation182]

Flipping the pickups around on a single coil achieves a similar sound, I actually flip the neck pickup around on all my strats, I think it adds a little brightness and tames the lows a bit but in a good way, just my two cents

[@LifeLoveCreation182]

Just remember to let your guitar tech know if you take it in for a set up, he'll "fix it" for ya hahaha

[@Thaedz]

I’m seriously considering turning my strat’s pickups around 180 degrees. That lefty sounds awesome!