Mike Reid is the reason that I play righty when I am left handed.
being a young lad of about 10, playing air guitar with my brother's badminton racket I naturally 'played it' left handed. One Saturday morning when watching Saturday Superstore, Mike, who was a guitarist, had his guitar out and I noticed that he was playing it differently to how I was holding it so I immediately flipped it over.
Roll on my 11th birthday when I was asked what i wanted. The choice was a small acoustic guitar - right handed.
And like the guy with the stiff neck, I've never looked back since.
I also believe Gary Moore was a lefty playing righty as well