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For lefties, even playing guitar or where to sit at a table is big decision

Isack Mugunda, left hander guitarist. [Courtesy]

The legendary guitarist Jimi Hendrix was left-handed. Despite being a virtuoso, there was something peculiar in the way he held his guitar - it was upside down.

Hendrix played his right-handed guitar upside down in what should perhaps log as one of the more undering images and feats that communicate the challenges left-handed people go through to perform an ordinary task. The guitarist used a normal guitar that he had restrung in the reverse order.

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