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The Yamaha APX series offers really good value at various price points, IME, though I've never looked for a lefty
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I'm not left handed, so this could be rubbish advice...
I know two guys who are left handed, both of whom decided to learn to play right handed from the outset just to avoid the hassle and lack of choice (anything you want, as long as it's a black strat) in dealing with left handed guitars.
I imagine you'd also lose the abilty to just pick up any instrument and go for it if you ever end up playing with / around other people.
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Serious question, as a beginner are you sure you need to learn left handed? I’m left handed in day to day life but play right handed. My old man is the same.
Having more dexterity (ironic word) in your left hand arguably makes more sense for a lot of “right handed” playing as your right hand is just hitting the strings... until you get into tricky finger style stuff anyway.
You end up needing to develop both hands so it’s not like a one-handed activity where you will naturally go to your dominant hand.
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Exciting times!!
As mentioned by a few others you may be as well playing RH if you're starting totally from scratch! It'll make purchasing gear an awful lot easier anyway!
If you do decide to go for a left handed guitar I suspect Eastman and Takamine would have a few lovely choices and depending on the budget Taylor guitars are sublime ieven in their lower, more basic models!
What sort of music do you like or want to play and what sort of budget were you thinking?
Also, my personal recommendation for a first acoustic guitar would be to choose one without a cutaway and without any electrics, pickup or onboard preamp. It'll mean your money is going towards the best guitar rather than a bunch of stuff you're not going to actually
use and there is something inherently lovelier about the simplicity of a non-cutaway fully acoustic guitar.
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I've decided to jump on two bandwagons.
#1 - the learn something new in lockdown
#2 - to learn something new before I'm 60
So - hopefully if all goes to plan I'll soon have time on my hands to ride my bike and learn the guitar.
So I've looked up the best guitars for left handed beginners. That cuts the list down for sure.
Any advice? I don't like buying the cheapest, it often means almost giving away when moving up or deciding it's now for me. But I also have to get FD approval so don't want to break the bank.
Listening to the sound (and accepting I'm never going to get there) I loved the sound of the Epiphone Hummingbird Pro (but don't think it comes in LH).
Happy to buy second hand from a trusted source
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