Gibson Greatest Left Handed Guitarists
July 20, 2008 by Scott
If you ever get a chance Gibson.com has a lot of great info and stories. go to Gibson.com and click on “Lifstyle”. One of the features lately was an article on left handed guitarists. I’m right handed so this article has no other inspiration to me other than that it’s a cool article. Check out the list of left handed guitarist and an excerpt of the article. Click the link at the bottom to read the entire article.
So uncommon is the phenomenon, you can’t help but be taken aback at the sight of a guitarist playing his instrument in left-hand fashion. Fact is, however, southpaw six-stringers occupy several high spots on the list of all-time guitar greats. The 10 below, listed in no particular order, rank among the best.
- Tony Iommi
- Jimi Hendrix
- Elliot Easton
- Kurt Cobain
- Albert King
- Paul McCartney
- Dick Dale
- Otis Rush
- Tim Armstrong
- Al McKay