Faul in India 1967

[abbey]

I've come across 4 photos of him & the other Beatles ( and their significant others ) in India in 1967. In two of the photos he's playing acoustic guitar leftie, in two he's playing rightie. Here are the photos.









My question is this. Are the photos where he appears to be playing guitar rightie flipped ? Or is he truly ambidextrous ? Paul was leftie & only played guitar leftie.

[Delta]

some pictures are flipped. take a look at the position of the "pick-guard", the black sheet above the hole in the body of the guitar. it's on top in every picture.
my guess is that the pictures in which he appears to play the guitar right-handed are flipped.

[abbey]

I feel like "duh" I had that explained to me by someone who plays guitar lefty. He said that if you want to play a right handed guitar lefty, you have to restring it so that the notes stay in the proper order. In the process of doing this, you have to play the guitar upside down. This causes the pick guard ( that black area ) to wind up on the top of the hole in the center. This also causes the guitar to develope a worn pattern where the guard SHOULD be. Paul had this pattern on some of his guitars !

Thanks for reminding me of this, Delta ;D

[Michelle66]

Looking at the plants and flowers I think the first photo is flipped. I can't say about the others.

Michelle