Guitar Hero controller modded for correct-handers (lefties)

ok as a lefthander my self i never have had any problems with the guitar and always have thought it was stupid to even flip it.

Imma rytehand it anyways! >:3

It's what Hendrix would have wanted.


...Because he was a lefty and all.

Meh, they may be better at games, but we live on averge an extra 9 years........


Wanna trade? :D

And here i thought that the guitars were for both left and right.. I'm left handed and I do damn well with the current guitar I dont wanna have to relearn a new way

genetically superior?, do i detect a hint of racism there, you know the nazis were defeated back in WWII, know why they were left handed. makes ya think...

No, left handers are wrong handed. :p

While left handed people are often more artistic, they are also more apt to go insane.

Wow! This thread hit Godwin's Law a lot faster than I thought it would.

Considering Hendrix played a right handed guitar flipped, I'd say that the Guitar Hero fellas were going for authenticity...

@ CSC...

NOPE.

@Garble

They were going to authenticity for the Hendrix peoples. BUT what about Kurt Cobain or Paul McCartney? They both played left handed guitars not right handed guitars flipped. Not that either of them were guitar badasses or anything. Dick Dale too I think...

@1 and 5

Are you guys truly left-handed or are you ambidextrous? I'm completely lefty and I suck at trying to play GH holding it right-handed and always wished they'd just make a freakin' left-handed model. I play drums and I actually reverse the position of all my drums because I can't even play those righty.

On the other hand, it's certainly possible to adapt, especially when you're young. I use right-handed scissors because I never had lefty ones when I was little, and I use them just fine. Same with using a mouse; it seems akward to me now to use one in my left hand because I just started using it right-handed when I was young.

Eh...I wouldn't give up my left-handedness for anything. Not even nine more years of life or a decreased risk of insanity :D

I know that the 360 version has a left hand flip option I would imagine the PS2 version also has this. I tried this out even though Im right handed and I will say it works but could see where the wammy bar would get in the way it looks like that and the strap was the only reason they did this mod as they didnt change the button layout on the pictures so I assume they will set the lefty switch option.

he really didn't wanna just use the left hand flip option in the settings? i did it just for fun.

Left Handed Greats:

Jimi Hendrix

Right Handed Greats:

E. Clapton
BB. King
Jimmy Page
David Gilmore
Slash
Brian May
Stevie Ray Vaughan
Randy Rhoads
Yngwie J. Malmsteen
The Edge
(Mark Tremonti of Alter Bridge)-greatness
(Tom Morello of Rage and AudioS)-greatness
(Nuno Bettencourt of old school "Extreme")- my fav of all.

Jimi's out numbered. Righties Rule!

@Jack

You forgot Paul Gilbert

your usual "handedness" has nothing to do with how you are comfortable holding a guitar. there are many right-handed folks who play guitar "left-handed" and vice versa. it's silly to assume all people who are left-handed want the fretboard in their right hand.

As a lefty, i have found that playing Guitar Hero the rightie way was easier, since my left arm moves a lot faster, due to certain activies, making it easier for me to hit those hard to reach frets

@17
I think you're right, but there are a lot of people (obviously not the majority, but still a lot of people), both right- and left-handed, who do hold a guitar "lefty". And I think that most lefties do prefer to hold a guitar this way. Of course it's silly to assume that all the people belonging to a particular group want things the same way.

The point is, it'd be a nice to use an instrument/controller/whatever without having to flip it and hold it all retarded.

Smashpro1:

"... since my left arm moves a lot faster, due to certain activies, ..."

Are you implying masturbation here?

That sounds like something a dirty rotten no-good left-hander would say!......

Wasn't Dick Dale a lefty? He's the only lefty I respect next to the creator of FLCL

I'm surprised no one did this earlier.

but on the other hand, i did play GH2 on 360 flipped to get the achievement and kept going beccause it was an interesting challenge. 10 songs later, i could do easy songs just as well as i could rightie.

i can't imagine it's that hard for lefties to acclimate.

I'm surprised no one did this earlier.

but on the other hand, i did play GH2 on 360 flipped to get the achievement and kept going beccause it was an interesting challenge. 10 songs later, i could do easy songs just as well as i could rightie.

i can't imagine it's that hard for lefties to acclimate.

But what hand will you wipe your ass with now??! =P

The left hand on the guitar hero controller does the most work anyway. The right hand just strumms. I think Lefties have an advantage with the normal controller.

As for real guitars. If you are left handed don't get a left handed guitar. Both hands do a lot of work on a real guitar. I would even argue that the left hand needs to have the most control on a right handed guitar. There are fewer options for buying a left handed guitar and they are more expensive. And most important, if you are at your friends house you can't just grab his guitar and play if you learned on a left handed guitar.