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jersey bluesdude
 Post subject: For you guys that play lefty strung righty
PostPosted: September 10th, 2014, 10:11 am 
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http://www.leftybass.com/e_start.htm "Upside down bass dissertation" Holy cow the things they do in college nowadays. :lol:
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Linnin
 Post subject: Re: For you guys that play lefty strung righty
PostPosted: September 10th, 2014, 12:46 pm 
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Keith Horn plays that way and just blows my mind totally just to see photos of a bass set up like that . :shock:
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Frenchy-Lefty
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PostPosted: September 10th, 2014, 9:42 pm 
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I recall we once estimated that about a third of the members of this forum play that way.
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amimbari
 Post subject: Re: For you guys that play lefty strung righty
PostPosted: September 11th, 2014, 12:47 pm 
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there is a lot of us here that do it yep... me included.

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AustinLeftyBass
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PostPosted: September 11th, 2014, 1:48 pm 
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Pete Gossett
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PostPosted: September 11th, 2014, 7:17 pm 
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Same here!

https://www.facebook.com/video.php?v=10202425085380278&l=7670767740069969697
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amimbari
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PostPosted: September 11th, 2014, 7:59 pm 
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yet another one...lol
I really like that beautiful jam. looks so normal going up the strings and up the neck rather than down the strings and up the neck :P

but funky? naw.
this funky motown song was redone probably 1000 different ways?.... this is version # 1001 inverted style.

http://youtu.be/_REvHH10xYQ?list=UUpmJf ... OKWF13VCiQ

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Pete Gossett
 Post subject: Re: For you guys that play lefty strung righty
PostPosted: September 12th, 2014, 3:29 am 
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amimbari wrote:
yet another one...lol
I really like that beautiful jam. looks so normal going up the strings and up the neck rather than down the strings and up the neck :P

but funky? naw.
this funky motown song was redone probably 1000 different ways?.... this is version # 1001 inverted style.

http://youtu.be/_REvHH10xYQ?list=UUpmJf ... OKWF13VCiQ


Sweet, that jams!
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jersey bluesdude
 Post subject: Re: For you guys that play lefty strung righty
PostPosted: September 12th, 2014, 7:01 am 
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Frenchy-Lefty wrote:
I recall we once estimated that about a third of the members of this forum play that way.

Are any of you guys going to contact the poster? His University is in New Zealand. I'd be interested in hearing any feedback.
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Frenchy-Lefty
 Post subject: Re: For you guys that play lefty strung righty
PostPosted: September 12th, 2014, 8:24 am 
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amimbari wrote:
yet another one...lol
I really like that beautiful jam. looks so normal going up the strings and up the neck rather than down the strings and up the neck :P

but funky? naw.
this funky motown song was redone probably 1000 different ways?.... this is version # 1001 inverted style.

http://youtu.be/_REvHH10xYQ?list=UUpmJf ... OKWF13VCiQ



Actually Amimbari might be the only guy on this forum who can play both ways: Strung righty and strung lefty!!! :o
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Pete Gossett
 Post subject: Re: For you guys that play lefty strung righty
PostPosted: September 12th, 2014, 10:51 am 
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jersey bluesdude wrote:
Frenchy-Lefty wrote:
I recall we once estimated that about a third of the members of this forum play that way.

Are any of you guys going to contact the poster? His University is in New Zealand. I'd be interested in hearing any feedback.


Yeah, I contacted him. We're supposed to do an interview over Skype this evening. I'm curious to hear more about his background and reasoning for choosing this topic for his dissertation.

I'll post an update afterward.
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jersey bluesdude
 Post subject: Re: For you guys that play lefty strung righty
PostPosted: September 12th, 2014, 12:13 pm 
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Cool. Should be interesting.
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Pete Gossett
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PostPosted: September 12th, 2014, 2:01 pm 
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Just got done Skyping with AJ, cool guy and one of us. He's compiled a very big list of other upside down lefties too!
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PostPosted: September 12th, 2014, 6:01 pm 
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Ineresting. I'm one.
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AustinLeftyBass
 Post subject: Re: For you guys that play lefty strung righty
PostPosted: September 15th, 2014, 6:50 am 
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Did the Skype interview Saturday.

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Pete Gossett
 Post subject: Re: For you guys that play lefty strung righty
PostPosted: September 15th, 2014, 4:00 pm 
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You know, there seems to be quite a few of us freaks around here. :lol:

I suppose most of you, like I, have come up with "interesting" techniques to try and accomplish what our normally-strung brethren have done, or possibly ventured off into our own little thing. Is there any interest in starting another thread to share tips/tricks/techniques for us inverted-lefties? I'd be happy to contribute whatever I can.
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amimbari
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PostPosted: September 15th, 2014, 4:18 pm 
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I would contribute :)

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