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.
EdwardMarlowe Posted January 24 Posted January 24 On 23/01/2025 at 14:07, Kiwi said: 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. Aye, but you're not a lefty, you're a turncoat. I'm a militant sinister! 1
Kiwi Posted January 25 Posted January 25 In my defence I'm left handed and footed in everything else, Sir.
dewayne Posted January 28 Posted January 28 I'm a to lefty who began playing 5 string banjo righty because the person who taught me to tune was holding it that way. Never occurred to me to flip it. It was difficult to pick at first but control of fretting hand was worth it. Probably why I have odd percussive timing on rhythm. That and the Doobie brothers. Trying to keep up with left hand was frustrating at times My cousin who is lefty doesn't play but as kids he would hold guitar or banjo flat in his lap (Jeff Healy style) because that felt natural.
