Editing Guitar (section)

===Handedness===
{{See also|List of musicians who play left-handed}}
Modern guitars can be constructed to suit both left- and right-handed players. Typically the dominant hand is used to pluck or strum the strings. This is similar to the [[violin]] family of instruments where the dominant hand controls the bow. Left-handed players usually play a mirror image instrument manufactured especially for left-handed players.<ref name="leftyfretz">{{cite web |title=What is the Difference Between a Left and Right Handed Guitar? |url=https://leftyfretz.com/right-left-handed-guitar-difference/ |website=leftyfretz.com |access-date=February 25, 2021 |date=January 20, 2020}}</ref> There are other options, some unorthodox, including learn to play a right-handed guitar as if the player is right-handed or playing an unmodified right-handed guitar reversed. Guitarist [[Jimi Hendrix]] played a right-handed guitar strung in reverse (the treble strings and bass strings reversed).<ref name="shapirogleb">{{cite book |last1=Shapiro |first1=Harry |last2=Glebbeeck |first2=Caesar |title=Jimi Hendrix Electric Gypsy |date=1990 |publisher=St. Martin's Griffin |location=New York |isbn=0-312-13062-7 |page=38 |edition=1st |url=https://archive.org/details/jimihendrixelect00shap/page/38/mode/2up |access-date=February 25, 2021}}</ref> The problem with doing this is that it reverses the guitar's saddle angle.<ref name="leftyfretz"/> The saddle is the strip of material on top of the bridge where the strings rest. It is normally slanted slightly, making the bass strings longer than the treble strings.<ref name="leftyfretz"/> In part, the reason for this is the difference in the thickness of the strings.<ref name="stackexch">{{cite web |title=Why is my guitar's saddle at an angle? |url=https://music.stackexchange.com/questions/1567/why-is-my-guitars-saddle-at-an-angle |website=music.stackexchange.com |publisher=Stack Exchange Network |access-date=February 25, 2021}}</ref> Physical properties of the thicker bass strings require them to be slightly longer than the treble strings to correct [[intonation (music)|intonation]].<ref name="stackexch"/> Reversing the strings, therefore, reverses the orientation of the saddle, adversely affecting intonation.