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    Default Opinion: who earned the honor of most famous or best left handed guitar player?

    That's it. Who in your opinion has earned the prestigious honor of being the most famous or best left handed guitar player of all time?

    Hopefully this will be interesting to find out a lot of opinions.
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    Well, Hendrix seems the obvious answer. Him or Bob Geldof. (nah, Hendrix it is).
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    Please no one say Cobain.
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    Albert King has to be right up there
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    For the 'famous' part, don't forget Sir Paul McCartney.
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    I mean, no offense, but I don't really see why, like guitar players from Creed, or something like that, are on the cover of guitar magazines. Almost anybody can sit down and learn to play those songs.
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    Jimi Hendrix

    Cobain and a 20 Gauge was the best thing that happened to music in 1994
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    The boy from Seattle of course.....Jimi, not Kurt :-)
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    Quote Originally Posted by Bow
    Jimi Hendrix

    Cobain and a 20 Gauge was the best thing that happened to music in 1994
    Wow. I may be biased because I actually *like* grunge, but that's pretty cold.
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    Jimi of course. He was also the best at playing behind his neck and playing with his teeth...
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    Quote Originally Posted by Eric
    Wow. I may be biased because I actually *like* grunge, but that's pretty cold.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Eric
    Wow. I may be biased because I actually *like* grunge, but that's pretty cold.

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    Elliot Easton is way up there, IMO.

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    There's only one possible answer - me!

    Just kidding! No contest - Jimi Hendrix. When you consider the time period in which he performed, it becomes evident that he reinvented the guitar. He redefined its possibilities in the world of musical performance. Whether or not you like his music, he at least deserves credit for that, which is a whole lot more than the vast majority of guitarists can claim. Personally, I think there are players that are clearly inspired by him today who have surpassed him - if not in technique, then at least in being able to integrate technique with musicality. But the players today have 40 more years of recording technology to help them achieve this. For his time, there was no other. Hendrix started a school that no one else has ever graduated from, and probably never will.

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    McCartney. Listening to the Beatles as a kid is where I first learned how melodic an instrument the bass can be. Plus, Paul played plenty of guitar on the records.
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    Jimi. Besides the revolutionary music (as if it wasn't enough! ), whenever they show something about him on TV here they have to mention he was left-handed and had to play the guitar upside-down. You never hear this about Paul MacCartney or any other left-handed player; many people don't even know he is left-handed, and that includes many Beatles fans.

    Curiosity: Jimi played guitar left-handed, but he used to write with his right hand, what actually makes him a right-handed person.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Iago
    ...many people don't even know he is left-handed, and that includes many Beatles fans.
    I wonder what those people thought was going on when they'd look at a picture/video of the Beatles playing. Did they never wonder why Paul's guitar faced the other way?
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    Most people just listen to the music and don't care to much about watching/paying attention to videos. They are able to identify Beatles songs, they can sing along, but ask the major audience "Who's the left-handed Beatle?" Many people will mistake it.

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    Who's the first one that always comes to mind holding a right handed guitar, left handed?

    Jimi, hands down.
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