Left Hand guitar players the world over have always had a problem with availability of left handed guitars and left handed basses.
Many left handed children learning to play guitar end up going against what is right for them, and learn to play right handed out of frustration or inappropriate pressure from ignorant and lazy music teachers.
Many experienced left handed guitarists who want a left-handed guitar that is not a boring Stratocaster or Les Paul, or SG have simply become apathetic and given up looking for that which is abundant for right handed players.
Not only is there a limited range of guitars, but the resources for learning are also pretty limited.
This situation exists in every country in the world. It is a world wide phenomenon.
It is not hard to understand. Of the world's population, left handed people are a minority compared to right handed people. Within this minority there is a further minority of left handed people who play guitar left handed. Despite the small percentage of left handed guitarists, there have been a number of iconic left handed players who have made a huge impact on the music scene. These include Jimi Hendrix, Paul McCartney, Tony Iommi, Albert King, Elliot Easton, and Kurt Cobain.
Many of the major guitar manufacturers do not offer left hand versions of some of their popular guitars. To be fair, USA guitar manufacturers, have been facing harder and harder times, year after year.
An increasingly DRUGGED population of kids who can't learn and whose parents have been brainwashed into believing the drugs their children "need" will actually help them but are actually more of the problem than the solution means less creativity and less children getting involved in music. Drugs take the creativity away from people. Generation Y, the 20-somethings bounce off walls instead of doing work, thanks to the psychotropic drugs they have been on since they were young for hoax medical conditions like "ADHD." This generation wants everything for nothing, and feel their existence is deserved and not earned. They are the spoilt brats of Generation X. These social conditions also contribute to the young people's inability to learn, and to get involved in art and music. It is not their fault. It is the fault of dizzy-headed Generation Y parents who can't say "no" and stand by why the concepts of "right" and "wrong" get torn down by criminals and vested interests under the protection of "freedom of speech and "Human Rights."
Harder economic times for the planet, and the financial systems that are now broken because of the greed, criminality and corruption that surfaced suddenly in 2008 in the form of the WORLD ECONOMIC CRASH. These things have made it tough for all businesses.
Some guitar manufacturers offer left handed versions of their guitars through their Custom Shop. And although this is an attempt at service, the costs and waiting times can be quite painful.
Well, not any more! GASKELL GUITARS is a guitar manufacturer in Australia that makes left hand guitars and left-handed basses only. Gaskell guitars are high quality, yet affordable instruments, that can be gigged with as they are or further upgraded or modified and still come in well under the cost of a custom shop order for the same kind of instrument!
Come on over to : http://www.gaskellguitars.com
You will find left handed guitars that you have not seen before in left hand and probably never thought you would! Some dreams can still become reality.
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