A couple of my picking buddies in Nashville play left handed, this guy Keith has taken my tele and turned it upside down. He is a great player either way, and a cool friend.

Jimmy was a great guitar player, with some cool ideas for show. I have actually played my tele with my teeth, and I've played with the guitar over and behind. It's not that easy to put that into your shows, unless you're having one of those nights when you can't hit a bad note, and the crowd is really into your playing. Out of 1000's of shows I've done it maybe 5 times, but the crowd loved it.

I tell all my students to play the way that they are most comfortable. I have 1 that is left handed, at first I got jumbled up sometimes when explaining a lesson to him. I just had to remember to reverse the hands when explaining.

I don't think I could play left handed, spent to much time teaching my right hand what to do. I don't think I could play as fast left handed.

You can play any way you want to, and learn all sorts of tricks. Just don't play with your teeth unless they want you to, and never set your guitar on fire.

JD

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