Gambit

OK, I know I'm definitely in the minority here, but how come there's no Guitar Hero controller love for us south paws? Yeah, flipping the guitar is workable, but the whammy bar does get in the way a bit and is definitely not as easy to use as it would be if it were on the bottom of the guitar.

I've wondered this since GH1 came out, how much demand would be required for a lefty version of the guitar controller to be produced?

The Cow

I'm labeled as a "lefty", but I've played guitar for years as a right hander. Guitar Hero is the same, I play it as a "righty".

FantasticVSDoom

Im wierd... Im a righty, but I play guitar left handed and I fight southpaw as well... It was tricky for me to get the hang of it at first but now its no problem, but I do have some issues with the whammy bar here and there.

Shagrath

I play lefty as well, and definately can't grab as much starpower on sustained notes as "normies." I hardly even use the whammy at all, unless the sustained is really long.

I don't think we'll ever see a dedicated lefty guitar, even if it was mail-order only.

DVD Josh

I'll never understand left handers who insist on playing guitar left-handed. Look, learning to play guitar is hard enough with either hand, so you might as well learn to play right-handed so you play 95% of the guitars out there.

Gambit

???
Guitar is hard enough to learn as it is, why add the extra burden of trying to learn it playing in a position that is not as comfortable and more awkward?

Pretty much most things in the world are geared towards right-handers. It seems your statement could pretty much be extended to say all left-handers should conform to the majority and become right-handers so that we can take advantage of all right-handed things out there (e.g. golf clubs, scissors, baseball mitts, etc.). Ah... the plight of the left-hander...

DaveWadding

I'm lefty but I play guitar (and Guitar Hero) right handed.

edstein

I played lefty just to get the achievement. Then switched back.

DVD Josh

That's the point. What's the difference when you don't know a fret from a tail piece? Might as well learn what's out there. I've got plenty of lefty friends who learned righty and are extremely happy that they did so.

Shagrath

I play left-handed mainly because my left hand can strum faster. I know for a fact that my left hand can do all the fretting for this game just fine, and possibly better than my right hand, but it's too late to change now after playing lefty for a year and a half.

DVD Josh

Nor should you. You've now learned how to play lefty. It's too late.

There's nothing wrong with playing left handed, but if it were me, I would have just wanted to learn on what would have been ultimately easier for me.

BTW all you lefties out there should check out southpaw guitars on the net or in Houston. Nothing for us lonely righties there

Xander

Lefty here!