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Best left handed accoustic guitar for a small player

Grendel

Grendel

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Title says it all.

My daughter plays piano, very well. She wants to play acoustic guitar.

What's a good one for a left handed, smaller player under 1K? I want something that will last through High School and College.
 
Grendel said:
Title says it all.

My daughter plays piano, very well. She wants to play acoustic guitar.

What's a good one for a left handed, smaller player under 1K? I want something that will last through High School and College.
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I'm primarily a drummer, which means, like a piano player, that I'm fairly adept with both hands, when i started trying to learn guitar I tried really heard to learn it left handed, but so few teachers and all are left handed, I found it far easier to just learn to play right handed, might be worth a shot for her with something cheap and right handed, see how she does that way, because i found trying to not only mimic chord setups, then mirror it, incredibly hard to do.
 
Ovation or Takimine. Both have low actions, very cost friendly.

Personally, a good Takimine acoustic/electric would be the best bet. I wouldn't mess with the 3/4 sized guitars of you want her to have it for a long while.
 
I have 2 Baby Taylor’s here. Amazing sound. Excellent fir kids
 
Have her play a regular small guitar. Adapting to a right-handed world is why we lefties run the planet. No, seriously.

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Playing left-handed will slow her down for a tiny bit but will rapidly improve her playing overall. It will improve her cognition overall, and she will be more creative when she becomes competent.
 
Add said:
Pm trampas. He plays and he's one of them goofy left handed bastards:flipoff2:
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Kiss my axe. :flipoff2:


If I still had my Aria classical nylon, I'd send it you and have her try it out until such time as you both figured out what she likes / doesn't like about playing it. Seriously I can't recommend a brand, I'm not a brand person, but I DO recommend getting her started on nylon strings, as a piano player she may prefer it anyway. Get her a starter, worry about dropping a grand sometime later...
 
I have always wanted to learn to play guitar. Spend from 4th grade to 12th playing saxophone.

I tried few years back, but I have short, fat fingers and it seems they hit more than one string on certain chords. So, I may just be SOL.
 
My daughter's school recommended an Alvarez when she was taking guitar and it sounded very nice and held tune while she banged away on it. She has long since moved out of the house, but friends who play still love to use it and like the way it sounds.
 
Gtrplyr78 said:
Surprised no one mentioned GS mini from Taylor - you can likely find one close/used.
It was available set up for a lefty from the factory.

https://www.taylorguitars.com/guitars/acoustic/gs-mini

Really 0 to 00 size guitar with 24 - 24.7/24.9 scale should work out well for her - hell even standard scale 25.4 with a capo in the mix would produce solid results.
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This is what I bought from Amazon... after reading a few reviews.

It will last her through her career. At 14, she's almost full grown. Mom and I are both short, so doubtful she will get over 5'2".

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B...itle_o00_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1&tag=91812054244-20

She is playing a cheaper right hand, full size now. Like me, she's ambidextrous, but prefers left handedness to keep people away from her stuff.
 
Andrew said:
I have always wanted to learn to play guitar. Spend from 4th grade to 12th playing saxophone.

I tried few years back, but I have short, fat fingers and it seems they hit more than one string on certain chords. So, I may just be SOL.
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Maybe try a four string bass
 
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