I’m a lefty and play a left hand guitar...but I play a righty upright bass. When I took up the bass fiddle decades ago a conversion would’ve required removing the top and relocating the tone bar. And at festivals, jams, etc. I would not be able to pick up a bass and join in. So I learned backwards. The only real downside is that slap bass is a bit awkward as the G and D strings are on the inside of the finger board and leave your hand over nothing to slap after hitting a note. You gotta pick and then move your hand across the board to slap. It works though. Guess this just confirms I’m wired weirdly smile

Bud

BTW, Jimi Hendrix played a right handed guitar but strung for a lefty. He’s not playing upside down as so many folks think. Well, the guitar body is upside down and that causes the confusion. He obviously learned on a right handed strung for a lefty and never switched to a true lefty body. Meaning the low E is on the right side of the fret board giving a lefty the same position as rightys for chording and picking. A couple of notable exceptions are Doyle Bramhall and Albert King who are left handed and play right handed guitars strung for right handed - so they play up side down. A dead giveaway is that they strum upward.

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