upside downer Posted January 19 Posted January 19 Long shot, but does anyone else here play upside down? No, not by physically being upside down, that would be madness, I mean a right-handed instrument flipped over because you're left-handed? Like most leftys, I first toyed with rightys belonging to friends but, instead of doing the probably sensible thing and getting a left-handed guitar, I just continued playing with the thickest E string nearer my toes and always have done. I have a few left-handed guitars now but I have to restring them which involves a lot of mucking about with the bridge for intonation purposes and changing the nut around, but it does give me ease of access to the highest frets as I don't have cutaway issues that I have with rightys. I don't think playing this way has caused me too many problems; I've mainly been a barre chord/power chord thrasher who has managed to get along with playing quite straightforward minor pentatonic solos and the like, though there are a couple of techniques that I've struggled with. I don't know if that's down to being an upside downer or just my general clumsiness
EdwardMarlowe Posted January 22 Posted January 22 I can play a bit like that - all lefties can of course, because the obvious - but it's not something I've ever seriously tried to develop. 1
Kiwi Posted January 23 Posted January 23 On 22/01/2025 at 18:59, EdwardMarlowe said: I can play a bit like that - all lefties can of course, because the obvious - but it's not something I've ever seriously tried to develop. Not me, I've played right handed from day one. Mainly because my drum teacher made me play the skins right handed two years before I took up bass. I've never really learned to play left handed and there's not a lot of motivation to learn given Mark King is left handed too. I can play drums ambidextrously more or less, but need the kit set up Phil Collins style.
