This article is from the Smashing Pumpkins FAQ, by Mike Hamilton michaelh@ualberta.ca with numerous contributions by others.
Billy is left-handed. He writes with his left hand. However, he
plays the guitar as if he was right-handed. This is because he felt
that it was silly to have his weak hand doing the tough fret-work.
Another reason is that when Billy and his father went to buy a
guitar, Billy asked which was more common. He went with a
right-handed guitar.
 
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