As a left-hander, he used a standard guitar flipped over to accommodate his style, although with the strings still strung ...
The good news is it really isn't difficult to lower or heighten the action of your guitar strings to experiment in finding the right setup for you. But first we need to explain what 'guitar action' ...
Pick the first note then hammer down on the string for the second note ... try learning a few open-position guitar chords.