Although few people are totally left-handed or totally right-handed, many children are pushed into using their right hand when they would normally use their left, either at home by their parents, or at school by their teachers.
Jimi Hendrix's younger brother Leon recalled, "When Jimi would play left-handed my dad would holler at him and tell him only devils and what-not would [play like that]. So when my dad would arrive home Jimi would turn the guitar over - that was how he learnt to play... Jimi would turn the guitar over and keep playing, then when dad left the room he'd turn it back over this way...."
Although Jimi played guitar left-handed, he would do many other things with his right. He would write lyrics or sign autographs with his right hand, and would also hold a fork or spoon with his right.
When speaking on the phone he would hold the receiver in his right hand. However, Jimi would use his left hand for pitching a ball, for combing his hair and for holding a cigarette. It’s also said, that given no alternative, Jimi could rock a right-handed guitar equally as well as a lefty, he just prefered it southpaw style.
Jimi Hendrix almost always played a right-handed guitar with the strings re-strung left-handed, but changing the strings around on a guitar means the nut has to be reversed due to the string thickness.
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