 |
 New Fender Front Driver Side Primered LH Left Hand Coupe Sedan Car 57110FA010 $72.80 Time Remaining: 28d 19h 46m Buy It Now for only: $72.80 Buy It Now |
 Left Handed Vantage 111T Electric Guitar 1990 Nice Project Guitar $35.00 (17 Bids) Time Remaining: 1h 8m |
 TaylorMade Z TP Lob wedge 60 X stiff 65 Left Handed Steel Golf Club $9.99 (1 Bid) Time Remaining: 1h 4m |
 98 00 FD RNGER PU Fog Light Assembly Left Hand Driver Side OEM Factory Style $35.29 Time Remaining: 11d 21h 55m Buy It Now for only: $35.29 Buy It Now |
 TaylorMade Rocketballz 3 Fairway Wood Epic Stiff LEFT HANDED $112.50 (12 Bids) Time Remaining: 1h 51m |
 DARK Oil Rubbed Bronze Lever Handle Door Lock 838 lockset knob deadbolt $64.00 Time Remaining: 29d 19h 44m Buy It Now for only: $64.00 Buy It Now |
 TaylorMade RAC CHROME Lob wedge 60 Wedge flex Left Handed Steel Golf Club $9.99 (1 Bid) Time Remaining: 1h 8m |
 Left Handed Fender Strat Lefty Ruby Red $244.00 Time Remaining: 18h |
 Bionic Golf Glove Men LEFT HAND White LARGE 2 GLOVES FREE SHIPPING $35.99 Time Remaining: 11d 4h 37m Buy It Now for only: $35.99 Buy It Now |
 TaylorMade Burner Rescue High Launch Hybrid 5 25 Regular Left Handed Graphite $16.50 (2 Bids) Time Remaining: 1h 26m |
 2011 TaylorMade Burner Golf Glove Cabretta Leather Various Sizes Available New $6.50 Time Remaining: 20d 15h 3m Buy It Now for only: $6.50 Buy It Now |
 Callaway FT IQ 10 Mens Golf Club Titanium Driver Left Handed Regular Flex New $32.00 (11 Bids) Time Remaining: 1h 11m |
 TaylorMade Burner Rescue High Launch Hybrid T3 20 Stiff Left Handed Graphite $20.49 (3 Bids) Time Remaining: 52m |
 New Window Regulator Front Driver Side with motor Power LH Left Hand 72251S10J01 $46.80 Time Remaining: 24d 35m Buy It Now for only: $46.80 Buy It Now |
 Fender Stratocaster 07 Left Handed Electric Guitar $299.99 Time Remaining: 1d 5h 21m |
 Reebok Mens Assorted Left Handed Thrower Baseball Softball Gloves $29.99 Time Remaining: 24d 18h 57m Buy It Now for only: $29.99 Buy It Now |
 Beautiful 2000 Lefty Epiphone Joe Pass Emperor Made in Korea NR Left Handed $400.00 Time Remaining: 23h 52m Buy It Now for only: $529.00 Buy It Now |
 Wilson DEEP RED Iron set 3 PW Regular Left Handed Steel Golf Clubs $25.00 (4 Bids) Time Remaining: 1h |
 6 NEW CALLAWAY CX Mens Golf Gloves Medium Large ML LEFT HAND for RH Golfer 63 $33.99 Time Remaining: 29d 8h 11m Buy It Now for only: $33.99 Buy It Now |
 Odyssey White Hot Tour 1 Putter Left Handed Steel Golf Club $30.87 (9 Bids) Time Remaining: 31m |
 New Window Regulator Driver Side Front with motor Power LH Left Hand B25F59590A $67.62 Time Remaining: 10d 9h 57m Buy It Now for only: $67.62 Buy It Now |
 Lefthanded Callaway Golf Diablo Octane Tour Driver 95 Stiff Flex $30.88 (6 Bids) Time Remaining: 1h 40m |
 New Window Regulator Driver Side Front with motor Power LH Left Hand 72251SM4003 $40.54 Time Remaining: 23d 1h 58m Buy It Now for only: $40.54 Buy It Now |
 Lefthanded Callaway Golf X Series Jaws Slate CC Sand Wedge 56 12 SW $15.50 (4 Bids) Time Remaining: 1h 5m |
 Callaway FT IQ 11 Mens Golf Club Titanium Driver Left Handed Regular Flex New $1.29 (2 Bids) Time Remaining: 1h 54m |
 Callaway FT IQ FT IQ TOUR Driver Golf Club Brand New Various Lofts Available $89.95 Time Remaining: 25d 22h 1m Buy It Now for only: $89.95 Buy It Now |
 Benedetto Bambino Left Handed $1,750.00 Time Remaining: 21h 15m |
 WILSON PROSTAFF PRO CABRETTA LEATHER MENS GOLF GLOVE $2.99 Time Remaining: 28d 18h Buy It Now for only: $2.99 Buy It Now |
 TaylorMade RESCUE MID Utility Hybrid 3 19 Stiff Left Handed Graphite Golf Club $9.99 Time Remaining: 1h 12m |
 Nike Golf SQ MachSpeed Hybrid Left Hand 3 21 Regular Flex $15.51 (3 Bids) Time Remaining: 1h 53m |
 Oil Rubbed Bronze Lever Door Knob Hardware BATHROOM BEDROOM CLOSET ENTRY $19.95 Time Remaining: 14d 17h 37m Buy It Now for only: $19.95 Buy It Now |
 Epiphone G400 SG Left Handed $210.00 Time Remaining: 2d 17h 24m |
 New Window Regulator Glass Front Driver Side with motor Power LH Left Hand Sedan $51.66 Time Remaining: 6d 5h 2m Buy It Now for only: $51.66 Buy It Now |
 TaylorMade Rossa Classic Siena 4 Putter Left Handed Steel Golf Club $31.00 (12 Bids) Time Remaining: 59m |
 Ibanez Prestige 1550ML Left Handed Electric Guitar $102.50 (9 Bids) Time Remaining: 1d 23h 46m |
 New Window Regulator Driver Side Rear with motor Power LH Left Hand 55363285AD $47.85 Time Remaining: 22d 6h 7m Buy It Now for only: $47.85 Buy It Now |
 TaylorMade Burner 2009 Iron set 4 PW Regular Left Handed Steel Golf Clubs $187.50 (12 Bids) Time Remaining: 1h 50m |
 New Window Regulator Driver Side Front with motor Power LH Left Hand 72250SV4A01 $40.24 Time Remaining: 24d 29m Buy It Now for only: $40.24 Buy It Now |
 Lefty left handed 2001 Gibson Les Paul Standard electric guitar $1,275.00 (13 Bids) Time Remaining: 1d 51m Buy It Now for only: $1,750.00 Buy It Now |
 TaylorMade Z TP Gap Wedge 52 Wedge flex Left Handed Steel Golf Club $23.01 (5 Bids) Time Remaining: 40m |
 20 NEW CHROME ACORN LUG NUTS 10 RH RIGHT 10 LH LEFT MOPAR $17.99 Time Remaining: 24d 15h 31m Buy It Now for only: $17.99 Buy It Now |
 LEFT HANDED TITLEIST SCOTTY CAMERON CALIFORNIA DEL MAR 34 PUTTER $167.50 (17 Bids) Time Remaining: 52m |
 3 MENS LEFT HAND ML CABRETTA LEATHER GOLF GLOVES MSRP 51 BRAND NEW $15.25 Time Remaining: 7d 19h 44m Buy It Now for only: $15.25 Buy It Now |
 LEFT HANDED REVEREND SIX GUN ELECTRIC GUITAR MINT $580.00 (1 Bid) Time Remaining: 1d 20h 56m |
 6 New Wilson PRO STAFF Ti golf gloves MENs cadet white medium large Left Hand $19.99 Time Remaining: 15d 19h 55m Buy It Now for only: $19.99 Buy It Now |
 TaylorMade 200 STEEL Iron set 4 PW and SW Ladies Left Handed Graphite $41.00 (5 Bids) Time Remaining: 42m |
 Lefty 2003 Les Paul Standard Plus Top NO RESERVE Left Handed $1,700.00 Time Remaining: 20h 56m |
 New Window Regulator Front Driver Side 525 540 5 Series 528 Power LH Left Hand $56.33 Time Remaining: 28d 11m Buy It Now for only: $56.33 Buy It Now |
 Nike SQ Sumo Iron set 5 PW and AW Gap Stiff Left Handed Steel Golf Clubs $76.00 (14 Bids) Time Remaining: 46m |
 Lews Tournament Pro Speed Spool Baitcast Left Hand Fishing Reel 641 LH TP1HL $149.98 Time Remaining: 29d 21h 5m Buy It Now for only: $149.98 Buy It Now |
 FENDER STRATOCASTER LEFT HANDED SQUIER LH EUC $120.00 Time Remaining: 21h 44m Buy It Now for only: $160.00 Buy It Now |
 NEW Lefthanded Yes Golf Callie FC Putter 34 $5.51 (2 Bids) Time Remaining: 2h 22m |
 New Window Regulator Glass Front Driver Side with motor Power LH Left Hand Camry $41.35 Time Remaining: 20d 44m Buy It Now for only: $41.35 Buy It Now |
 Callaway X 20 Iron set 3 PW Uniflex Left Handed Steel Golf Clubs $226.01 (42 Bids) Time Remaining: 35m |
 NEW OEM Factory Style TYC Headlight Head Light Lamp Assembly $45.81 Time Remaining: 11d 21h 53m Buy It Now for only: $45.81 Buy It Now |
 Nike Golf SQ MachSpeed Hybrid Left Hand 2 18 Stiff Flex $18.01 (3 Bids) Time Remaining: 1h 37m |
 TaylorMade Burner High Launch Fairway 3 Wood 15 Stiff Left Handed Graphite $36.00 (13 Bids) Time Remaining: 1h 18m |
 ATLAS LEFT HAND REMOTE SNAP SWITCH CODE 100 850 new FREE SHIPPING $12.99 Time Remaining: 24d 6h 42m Buy It Now for only: $12.99 Buy It Now |
 Titleist VOKEY CHROME 200 SERIES Gap Wedge 52 Stiff Left Handed Steel $15.50 (3 Bids) Time Remaining: 1h 23m |
 New Window Regulator Glass Front Driver Side with motor Olds Power LH Left Hand $41.34 Time Remaining: 1d 1h 13m Buy It Now for only: $41.34 Buy It Now |
 LEFT HANDED Gibson Les Paul Standard electric guitar $1,950.00 Time Remaining: 22h 12m Buy It Now for only: $2,250.00 Buy It Now |
 New Mirror Driver Side Power Primered LH Left Hand Car Auto GM1320238 22613585 $28.77 Time Remaining: 22d 8h 5m Buy It Now for only: $28.77 Buy It Now |
 Cleveland 588 CHROME Lob wedge 60 Wedge Flex Left Handed Steel Golf Club $9.99 (1 Bid) Time Remaining: 1h |
 NEW Lefthanded Callaway Golf Diablo Octane Tour Driver 95 Stiff $69.00 (16 Bids) Time Remaining: 1h 35m |
 PUMA Monoline Performance Left Hand Mens Cadet Golf Glove ORANGE Wht pick size $17.75 Time Remaining: 20d 22h 9m Buy It Now for only: $17.75 Buy It Now |
 Lefthanded Callaway Golf X Series Jaws Chrome Lob Wedge 60 13 LW $10.50 (4 Bids) Time Remaining: 2h 2m |
 Richmond Oil Rubbed Bronze Door Lever Knob Hardware $54.99 Time Remaining: 20d 22h 9m Buy It Now for only: $54.99 Buy It Now |
 Titleist VOKEY CHROME 200 SERIES Lob wedge 60 Stiff Left Handed Steel Golf $39.00 (6 Bids) Time Remaining: 50m |
 Cleveland 588 CHROME Lob wedge 60 Wedge Flex Left Handed Steel Golf Club $9.99 Time Remaining: 1h 46m |
 New Mirror Driver Side Power Black LH Left Hand Auto Car TO1320113 8794006030C0 $23.60 Time Remaining: 11d 1h 45m Buy It Now for only: $23.60 Buy It Now |
 TaylorMade ROSSA MONZA Putter Left Handed Steel Golf Club $34.33 (6 Bids) Time Remaining: 47m |
 New Window Regulator Glass Driver Side Rear with motor Olds Power LH Left Hand $35.38 Time Remaining: 24d 29m Buy It Now for only: $35.38 Buy It Now |
 2006 Epiphone Les Paul 100 Left Handed 6 String Electric Guitar $97.00 (9 Bids) Time Remaining: 3d 18h 36m |
 NEW DBZ BY DEAN B ZELINSKY BOLERO FM TIGER EYE LEFT HANDED GUITAR SPEAR $499.00 Time Remaining: 4h 17m Buy It Now for only: $699.00 Buy It Now |
 Kingston Oil Rubbed Bronze Door Lever Knob Hardware $57.99 Time Remaining: 26d 23h 12m Buy It Now for only: $57.99 Buy It Now |
 LEFT HANDED TAYLORMADE GHOST TM TOUR 110 34 PUTTER $67.00 (10 Bids) Time Remaining: 51m |
 Daiwa MEGAFORCE THS Twitchin Bar 731 Left Handed LH Baitcast Reel MF100THSL $60.99 Time Remaining: 1d 22h 10m Buy It Now for only: $60.99 Buy It Now |
 Nike Ignite Hybrid Iron set 3 PW Senior Left Handed Graphite Golf Clubs $95.00 (25 Bids) Time Remaining: 33m |
 Left Handed Schecter Tempest Custom $152.50 (7 Bids) Time Remaining: 17h 14m |
 New Mirror Driver Side Chevy Manual LH Left Hand Sedan Parts GM1320168 10362467 $21.34 Time Remaining: 15d 23h 48m Buy It Now for only: $21.34 Buy It Now |
 Lefthanded Odyssey Golf White Ice 2 Ball Mallet Lined Putter 35 $26.00 (6 Bids) Time Remaining: 1h 53m |
 Left Hand Driver Door Handle Inside Chevy GMC Suburban Tahoe 88 02 Gray $15.00 Time Remaining: 29d 10h 57m Buy It Now for only: $15.00 Buy It Now |
 TaylorMade R7 TP Fairway 3 Wood 13 Stiff Left Handed Graphite Golf Club $29.50 (12 Bids) Time Remaining: 1h 29m |
 NEIKO USA 13PC TITANIUM LEFT HAND DRILL BIT SET 10038a $9.99 Time Remaining: 8d 3h 59m Buy It Now for only: $9.99 Buy It Now |
 SHIMANO CURADO REEL BAITCASTING CU 201B5 201 B5 B51 LEFT HANDED HAND EXCELLENT $96.00 (41 Bids) Time Remaining: 39m |
 TaylorMade Rossa Daytona Sport 6 Putter Left Handed Steel Golf Club $22.49 (8 Bids) Time Remaining: 1h 13m |
 New Window Regulator Front Driver Side with motor Power LH Left Hand 72250SZ3A23 $75.02 Time Remaining: 25d 5h 19m Buy It Now for only: $75.02 Buy It Now |
 2007 Bowtech Allegiance LH $200.00 Time Remaining: 1h 46m |
 New Window Regulator Glass Driver Side Front 325 323 328 330 Power LH Left Hand $27.70 Time Remaining: 11d 3m Buy It Now for only: $27.70 Buy It Now |
 Fender Stratocaster MIJ Left handed Lefty $299.00 Time Remaining: 5d 4h 31m |
 Titleist 980F Fairway 3 Wood Strong 15 Extra Stiff Left Handed Steel Golf Club $30.00 (14 Bids) Time Remaining: 55m |
 Left Hand BRAKE LEVER ATV 50 70 90 110 125 150cc Quad master cylinder chinese $27.49 Time Remaining: 4d 21h 14m Buy It Now for only: $27.49 Buy It Now |
 Mizuno MP 68 Iron set Golf Club Left Handed 3 PW $399.99 (1 Bid) Time Remaining: 1h 16m |
 New Window Regulator Front Driver Side with motor Power LH Left Hand 72250S84A03 $41.80 Time Remaining: 23d 4m Buy It Now for only: $41.80 Buy It Now |
 Main Street Double Cutaway Left Handed Electric Guitar in Black MEDCBKL $144.95 Time Remaining: 4h 59m |
 TaylorMade RAC CHROME Lob wedge 60 Wedge flex Left Handed Steel Golf Club $14.50 (4 Bids) Time Remaining: 45m |
 Aghora At the Left Hand of God by Robert E Svoboda 1986 Paperback $19.15 Time Remaining: 23d 19h 12m Buy It Now for only: $19.15 Buy It Now |
 DBZ DEAN ZELINSKY LEFT HANDED BOLERO FM AMBER TOBACCO BURST GUITAR SPEAR $499.00 Time Remaining: 4h 18m Buy It Now for only: $699.00 Buy It Now |
 ThrowMAX Baseball SoftBall throwing pitching training aid $39.95 Time Remaining: 26d 3h 54m Buy It Now for only: $39.95 Buy It Now |
 Stunning Custom TP Mills Touring Pro Blade Putter 35 Use Left or Right Handed $36.00 (8 Bids) Time Remaining: 51m |
Left-handed guitars and left-handed bass guitars. What's going on with this?
In the last few years, or at least since the 2000's several well known guitar manufacturers have stopped making left handed guitars.
This is at a time when the number of left handed people being born is on the increase and is now not 10, but 12 per cent of the world's population, so they say!
Also in comparison to how the guitar is played today, the original, and now ancient view of the guitar being thought of as being a "stringed instrument played by strumming" (actual dictionary definition!) is over in reality. To be really logical and sensible in assessing how best to learn to play a guitar today, it makes more sense that right handed people should be learning to play the guitar left-handed, with their "strong" hand is on the fingerboard, doing the "work" considering it is not all about "strumming" anymore and has not been since Rock n Roll came to be.
What meant "playing guitar" 100 years ago and what it means today are two completely different things.
Despite this, the truth of the matter has been suppressed and smothered by 40+ years of MARKETING and SOCIAL CONDITIONING motivated by money making purposes going totally against the truth, practicality, or recognition of the evolution of guitar playing.
Today, most people play guitar right handed. This means they use their right hand to strum the guitar. Chords and scales are done by the left hand.
If you were a right handed person, why would you expect to learn how to write with a pen, or use a tool left handed? If that was being pushed on you, wouldn't you question the motive behind it?
Here we have today, a world where 89% of the world play guitar right handed, and new kids wanting to learn to play guitar are pretty much forced into playing right-handed even if they don't want to, and told downright lies like "a guitar is like a piano – there is only one way to play it."
In and amongst these issues, we have several major guitar companies deciding to pull the plug on left-handed guitar manufacturing. Although this leaves the door wide open for the world's one and only solely left-handed guitar manufacturer Gaskell Guitars (http://www.gaskellguitars.com) to dominate the market, it is something worth looking into, considering smoke screens already exist on this subject, as described previously herein.
Gaskell guitars are designed BY a lefty guitarist, FOR lefty guitarists, so there is no comparison when it comes to getting down to the nitty gritty on the subject of left-handed guitars or left-handed bass guitars.
Guitar manufactures who make production models do not really care about left handed guitars and left-handed guitarists. Small, boutique builders who would build anything for anybody, no matter what are a different story. Hooray for them. Boo to the big corporate, money-motivated guitar manufacturers who have abandoned their left-handed clientele.
If you wanted to get a left handed Rickenbacker, Gibson, Paul Reed Smith, or BC Rich guitar right now at the time of this writing you will be stiff out of luck. That is not to say that it may change in the future, but for now this is the case.
The common denominator? Most of these companies have ceased left handed guitar production since 2008. What happened in 2008? The World Economic Downturn began. So, we may even tentatively accept this as an "excuse" but in reality it is not. When times are tough, you increase your marketing and you try and REACH MORE POTENTIAL CUSTOMERS, not cut a percentage off from your business.
The latter is what these companies have done. Whatever the reasons are, they have ABANDONED LEFT HANDED GUITARISTS AND LEFT-HANDED BASS PLAYERS.
All you need to do, if you are a left handed guitarist or left handed bassists is to SUPPORT THOSE WHO SUPPORT YOU. Support Gaskell Guitars. Buy Gaskell guitars and basses. Turn your back on those who have turned their backs on you. Do not grovel to them as if being a left-handed guitarist is a "disability."
Support those who support you, and you can't go wrong. Buy Gaskell, and any other brand that looks after left handed guitarists. More information here: http://www.gaskellguitars.com and here too: http://www.gaskellguitars.com/models
About the Author
Kevin Gaskell is the business owner and designer of Gaskell Guitars which is a manufacturer of left handed guitars and basses, located in Sydney Australia. Gaskell guitars are available world wide.
