There are lot more left-handed guitarists than most people assume. It's just that a lot of us lefties learned to play guitar right-handed. That was an advantage on the electric guitar for me early on because it placed my dominant hand on the fingerboard, which allowed me to become a lead guitarist in a year back when the only learning material was 33rpm vinyl. A big part of Duane Allman's tone was the result of being left-handed (dominant hand on the fingerboard). I personally would never start a left-handed person on a left-handed guitar. Neither hand knows what to do at first, so it is better to open the entire music store collection up to him/her than saddle him/her with the tiny selection of left-handed guitars.
