An emotional response, but i’ll join you on that soapbox!sal paradise wrote: ↑Mon Jan 30, 2023 1:29 amI don’t often get on my soapbox, and this is total first-world problems. Being left-handed in a right-handed world is not only constantly surprisingly tricky (even at 40, things still stick out as not working easily for me), it’s downright depressing sometimes. Kettles, scissors, tin openers, veg peelers. You name it, we’ve had to figure out a way of using something that right-handers find intuitive and natural. Even the tube ticket gates are designed for right handers.
The worst part is the lack of empathy from right-handed people. Now I know that racism, sexism, homophobia & transphobia etc are far bigger problems. But it’s the same problem- people can’t imagine being something they’re not.
In the world of guitars and guitar parts, it sucks that most manufacturers either don’t bother making lefty stuff, or charge a premium for it. Yes, i know the financial rationale for this, but imagine if you applied this principle to other situations, e.g. charging people in wheelchairs extra to visit an art gallery (random example), because of the cost involved in building the accessibility ramp. Manufacturers should build any extra costs into their overall fee schedule, rather than just hitting the lefties with it.
You could argue that lefty discrimination (particularly with respect to “luxury items” like guitars) is an order of magnitude less important than racism, sexism, and many other -isms, but the point is that it still exists, and it's everywhere.
Sorry to derail…Firebirds rule!