In the 70s and 80s, lefty guitar was much more rare and expensive than right handed guitar. Many contemporary guitarists at the time who come from working class background like Jimmy Hendrix, Eric Clapton, Billy Corgan, and Elvis Costello are all left-handed but play right handed guitar.
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Blinken was born on April 16, 1962, in Yonkers, New York. His father was Donald M. Blinken, a co-founder of the private equity firm Warburg Pincus who later served as the U.S. ambassador to Hungary. Blinken's uncle, Alan Blinken, served as the U.S. ambassador to Belgium.
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SRV also had the trem flipped on his signature guitars so the arm was above the strings. He felt it gave jimmi an advantage because he could control it with the ball of his hand.
That's really cool; I didn't know that tidbit! I'm gonna need a six-axis milling machine and the CAD models for a Kahler Flyer because, uh... Reasons