Just as there are left handed scissors and left handed tools, guitars to are available for left-handed people.  In many cases left handed people who wanted to learn to play the guitar were often persuaded to learn on a right-handed guitar which made some of the chords and chord progression very difficult to play.  The answer to this was to either search for and purchase a guitar that has been specially designed for a left-handed player or use a right handed guitar turned upside down.

Today left handed electric guitars are readily available in most music stores as the demand for these types of guitars especially left handed electric guitars has been increased by the popularity of famous left handed guitar players.  Iggy Pop, Jimi Hendrix and Paul McCartney are all famous guitarists that played left-handed on specially made guitars.

To determine whether or not a left handed electric guitar is right for you the best way is to try both a right handed and a left-handed guitar next time you are at the music store.  Play each of the guitars and note which one feels the most comfortable in terms of strumming, fingering of chords and practising chord progressions.  You should be able to tell quite quickly which guitar feels the most natural when you are playing.

Apart from the difficulties that a left-handed person faces when choosing and playing a left-handed guitar it is also a challenge to find teaching and learning material for this type of guitar playing.  The increase in the amount of online material for electric guitar players has provided some much needed resources for left-handed guitar players who have been searching for information on guitar basics and left-handed guitar techniques