Do you know of any left-handed drummers?

@dverhey, what makes a kit left-handed vs. right-handed? My six year-old’s fondest dream is to learn to play the drums, he is left handed and now I’m wondering if I got him the wrong drum kit!

The drums are the same. Basically, you take the hi-hat cymbals and snare, and switch them with the floor tom. You also have to flip the rack toms around so that the little tom and the medium tom have are in the right place, which involves switching the heads.
Or this may explain it a little better.

Although, in your case, are you buying full sized drums, or a mini kit? If it’s mini, it really doesn’t matter, they’re not too customizable.

I am left handed and play on a lefty kit

@dverhey, thanks great info!!

Definately not Rick Allen of Def Leppard.

A guy I used to jam with was a lefty.

Ringo Start is left-handed, however, he drums on a right-handed kit. This is why he is so unique.

Jesus. I must be blind because I just now read all of your question. Don’t know how I missed it before.
But why doesn’t that count? Even though he uses a right-handed kit, he plays it left-handed. Hence, his “funny fills.”

and I meant Starr.

Not sure who Ringo Start is.

Micky Dolenz plays a left-handed kit, though he’s a righty.

I know, but at this point, Micky’s at least competent on drums, if not Yuval Gabay.

@AstroChuck This is “Ringo Start” http://cid-c7cfcfba11cbc3e8.profile.live.com/

Silly i know someone had to do it .

@AstroChuck: I don’t really know why that doesn’t count. It probably does. I was just sort of looking for the people that stand out (i.e. Dominic Howard) because when you switch the elements around it just looks so, well, backwards. You barely see anybody doing it.

I’m left-handed. I think what everybody sees as normal is backwards. Although I play the guitar right-handed, I feel I would be better if I switched the strings around and tried it the other way.

@AstroChuck – You should totally get a left-handed guitar and see how it feels. I play (OK, “play”) bass left-handed, though I’m technically a righty. I don’t know why, but playing left feels more natural to me. I throw baseballs better with my left hand, too. :/

@aprilsimnel- That’s something you share in common with Paul McCartney. (though, not really. The rumor is that Paul is a righty playing left-handed. Truth is he’s a southpaw.)

@AstroChuck – Really? You know what else I’d like to have in common with Sir Paul? Money and talent.

There’s certain things I do better with my left hand and some other things well enough to wonder if I wasn’t trained out of left-handedness at an early age.

My mother was “trained” to be right-handed. When she would pick up a pencil with her left hand in school she would get it whacked. That’s the way the public schools were in the 30s.

@AstroChuck Not just in the 30’s. My sister got her hand whacked in the late 60’s and my wife got hers whacked in the 70’s.