SM K33 ?

It is my understanding that when Jimi first learned how to play, he simply didn't know any better and played a right handed guitar left handed. According to myth and legend, he could pretty much play any way he felt like. Oh and keep in mind that the strings themselves were upside down! Left handed guitars were quite rare in those days, so I would figure it was just easier for him to get right handed guitars - especially if he was going to burn them and stuff lol

Paul McCartney had no problem finding left handed guitars, the problem wasn't that they were rare, at least no rarer than they are today it was that they cost a fortune at the time and some players would rather adapt than than pay the extra, what you say is true of how Jimi started out but as
And to be fair to Jimmy, tab is written with the stings oriented that way. Who the hell thought of that... ? Not thinking people... :) Being a musician, highest on top I get but it would be so much easier reading tab with the strings in the same orientation on the page.

If I look at tabs I just look at them in a mirror, but my string arrangement is a mirror image of a standard right handed guitar, I would imagine Jimi would have just turn the page upside down, but having said that what he did came out of his head and probably didn't use them, I doubt he would have been bothered if other players couldn't read his tabs, lol
 
Yes, Jimmy couldn't read or write music. And the fact he played upside down and "backwards" made it nigh on impossible to work out what he was doing.
 
Yeah I dont think they had invented tablature back when Jimi learned to play. I also think that Jimi came from much more humble beginnings than Paul McCartney. Sadly he wasnt with us for very long :( Im sure he meant it when he said he liked having the controls on top.
 
Jimi first started playing a ukulele with only one string that was given to him , I remember reading this while a friend of mine was doing a research paper on Muddy waters which include some of Jimi's history . But he was self taught and left handed guitars which I think came around in the early 50's cost a lot LOL .
But while Jimi's career was short his music still sales a lot of albums yet today .
But seeing him live was a concert I will always remember. It was December 1969 and my older cousin took me and a few others to the concert cause he was working where it was held at the time and we got in free as guest. I was 12 almost 13 at the time and it was the first time of me being stoned just due to the amount of smoke in the place LOL.
 
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