right handed vs. left handed

I am a brand spanking new guitar player. Now I am left handed however I write with my right hand, and I can not tell what feels better, seems a left handed guitar would feel better. How can I tell which guitar to use a left handed guitar or a right handed guitar?

You should try out both at your local guitar store. I imagine one will feel more natural then the other.

I am right handed, but play some sports left handed, still for guitar, I play right handed.

I am happy to hear that I am not th only one who is split on his/her handedness. I write and eat left handed and do everything else right-handed.

I still feel like my left hand is better in terms of fine motor skills. But, since playing the guitar requires both hands to be pretty agile I decide to stick with a righty. Plus, playing right-handed make it easier to buy/sell/trade guitars.

I'm also a lefty who plays righty. Choose whatever feels most natural for you. But you may also want to keep in mind, that going lefty is going to severely limit your selection of guitars.

I have known a wealth of great guitar players whom are left handed that play right handed. I also have friends whom are left handed who stick to playing left handed as well. I don't believe I have seen a guitar player that is right handed that insisted on playing left handed though.

At the end of the day when learning an instrument you are developing an entirely new skill. I have said this before; playing guitar is similar to that of being an athlete, and is a physical feat. You are doing something that requires your body to move in a motion and manner that it hasn't before. Not only that, but your ears and brain are also working in new ways. All in all at it's basic science, you are taking on something fairly complex that is also extremely rewarding (like most things in life that require hard work.) Keep this in mind and know that whatever approach you take will be a challenge but will shape what your guitar playing becomes. Go with what is initially comfortable and stick with it. Either way will take you to the same result.

Best of luck and let me know if you have any more questions.

I'm split handed as well, so I understand that (im a righty, though, as far as writing) I've got a right handed guitar, and that's worked fine, though I didn't mind the left handed ones I've tried, either. Like everyone else has said, you've just gotta try and see what works.

Agreed. Either way you start will shape what you become. I would like to know if there are any right handed guitar players out there that have insisted on playing left handed. Interesting?