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That's information you should have given me - long before today.
It's not too late to change it, but I strongly urge the vast, vast majority of people to play with the proper handedness.
It's not impossible to do what you're doing - but it will add complexity and will add to the amount of time you need to gain muscle memory.
I have seen this before, multiple times.
There are exceptions and you can still do this. The 'father' of surf music plays a right-handed guitar and keeps it strung as though it were strung for a right-handed guitar. In other words, his strings are upside down and his guitar is backwards. It also means he can make different chord shapes more easily. Replicating him is both awkward and requires up-stroke picking.
Yup... His fat E string is on the bottom and his pots are on the top.
Another benefit is that there are far more guitars, and resources, meant for people who are right-hand dominant.
You can do this, but you've made it difficult for yourself. I doubt that you've made it impossible, but you have made it difficult.
There are some benefits to making this choice, but it'd probably have changed much of my advice if I'd known this before you purchased a guitar. It is not too late to change your mind but, at the end of the day, that's your decision to make.
My personal view, and this is weighed on experience, is that you've made it difficult for yourself. For whatever reasons, probably due to brain structure and the syncopated nature of the mechanics, people have an easier time fretting with their non-dominant hand. I don't know why it is so, but it is so.
But, you can do it. People have done it. It's not unheard of, but it's fairly rare.
It'd have been nice to ensure you knew this beforehand! Sheesh! ;-)
But, just 'cause of how I wrote this, it's your decision to make and you have made it. You could probably return your guitar and get a left-handed model, though it may not be in stock. I'm betting they make enough of your model so that a left-handed variation exists. I haven't verified this.
No I want to play right handed, I don’t want to need a special guitar if I want another or if I am looking at someone else’s. I want to play like most people do, I considered it before I ordered the thing. I thought about mentioning it but, I figured that would end with you talking me out of it.
I would have cautioned you against making that choice but supported your decision as it is not my decision to make and you're assessment of the benefits is accurate enough. There's a definite benefit to playing right-handed.
So what if it’s harder to learn! Nothing worth having is easy. I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again I can do anything I set my mind too.
Quick question if you get a second. I was recording that with Audacity and there is a delay from when I hit the string to when I hear it anyway to fix that with just software?
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