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Can a Right handed person learn left handed guitar ?

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Some of my favorite guitarists -- Mark Knopfler and Duane Allman come to mind first -- are left-handed people who play right-handed. And at least one guitarist I know of -- Eric Gales -- is a right-handed guitarist who plays left-handed. read more

Yes it is possible for a R-handed person to learn a L-handed guitar and I have been training myself to be an ambidextrous guitarist from originally being a right handed guitarist. It looks like you are thoroughly ambidextrous. read more

Right: right-handed guitar player. Guitars come in right-handed and left-handed varieties. If you’re left handed, you should think carefully about which guitar is right for you to learn. Unfortunately, most people who pick up a guitar don’t immediately show a strong tendency for either right-handed or left-handed playing. read more

Some left-handers play a right-handed guitar, but hold it with the neck to the right, so the bass string is nearest the floor. They learn the chord shapes up-side-down. As you've already observed, this is handy for picking up someone else's guitar and jamming. Some left-handers play left-handed guitars. Some right-handers play left-handed guitars. read more

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