lefty guitar

I have had no luck whatsoever with guitar software on linux.   The effects software squeals, farts, and generally refuses to work.  My ten minute exposure to tab editor/players was very similar.
Feeling brave (or forgetting what I learned), I downloaded some tab last night.  Some were visual, some in various formats for players.  The range of [...]

Well, as you can guess it’s been an interesting day.
Up at 6am for the hamfest.  I have no idea why this is, especially as I’ve spent most of my life staying in bed late.  The hamfest is not what you think either.  It’s a sort of flea market for amateur radio, electronics, and computer geeks.  [...]

As anyone with the possible exception of some of the more rude commenters here can tell you, I’m a guitar player.  You know, a left-handed guitar player, hence the name (leftystrat).   I’ve been playing for quite a long time, unfortunately by (with?) myself.
It’s not that I don’t want to be in a band.  It’s not [...]

My heart goes out to the people who have experienced loss in the wake of Ike.
When I first heard where it was headed, alarm bells were going off.
"Oh noooooo.   Southpaw Guitars is in Houston.  I hope Jim and all of those wonderful left-handed guitars will be alright!!! "
Southpaw Guitars is one of about two stores [...]

I seriously like this guitar.  It’s a G&L ASAT Custom Classic.  It would look so nice and feel so welcome next to my G&L Legacy.  Lefties should never be separated, you know.

Neck and body have matching serial numbers.   Something tells me I should avoid this.
“EVERYTHING ELSE IS ORIGINAL”  - Fender doesn’t put righty necks on [...]

Where do you come up with names for objects or pets?
Let me start by saying that I believe naming a dog Prince, Bear, or Fluffy should be a jailable offense.  My friend had a rabbit named Happy, but I let it go because his four-year-old named it.
After a girlfriend broke up with me and started [...]

Yes, you heard that right - the Place to Get Your Porn Stolen will soon be a Bitchin Place to Get a Guitar.
Stomachs (and eardrums) are already rattling.
Can you imagine the effect of some tone-deaf thirteen year old playing whatever today’s Stairway to Heaven is at airplane decibel levels will have on the poor sucker [...]

According to Gibson anyway, here’s a list of popular left-handed guitarists.
Some you’ll know instantly, some you might recognize, some will be a complete mystery.  Quite frankly, I don’t know how a certain dead one made it to the list with the description ’superb guitarist.’  Even his fans will tell you he wasn’t.
Also interesting to note [...]

Since it’s been a while and since I’m a glutton for punishment and since I don’t often get to go into guitar stores with another lefty for pure entertainment, I managed to get by tonight.  I heard all sorts of radio spots and even got a flyer for Guitar Center’s Strat Demo Days.   The apparent [...]

I did.
Details to follow.
Suffice it to say that it was a well-worn 1958 left-handed Fender Stratocaster. I may never be the same again.
Stay tuned for the report on the Philly Guitar Show. With left-handed picture goodness.