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| From | Dave Seaman <seamand@upmc.edu> |
| Subject | Two lefts don't make a right |
| Date | Tue, 02 May 2006 13:08:16 -0400 |
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<<<<Date: Mon, 1 May 2006 17:35:45 -0400
From: Lawrence Dunn <thedunns@capecod.net>
Dave Seaman said:
>>Plus I love the reverse
cutaway, which looks good on me since I play a right handed guitar in the
left handed orientation, i.e. I don't re-string it for lefties...)<<
Holy crap! It's Dick Dale !!>>>
So Dick Dale played that way also? I've run into a few guitarists who play
this way - for one, Tam of The General Store. I've heard Hendrix played
like this sometimes, but I've never bothered to check into it. So, I wonder
who else plays bassackwards like me? Most guitarists look at me like I'm
some kinda mutant when I play. My excuse is that I'm primarily a
keyboardist, I pretty much stick to rhythm when I pick a guitar up. It's
just the way I taught myself to do it, seemed only natural at the time. I;m
a lefty, and i'd just pick up the guitars that were lying around at
rehearsals - all righties of course. One of the downsides, though, is that
the low strings ring out at the end of the down stroke, instead of the high
strings. (too bad I don't do grunge) Another is that I'm always banging my
wrist on the control knobs!
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