Alekseriator Posted November 14, 2009 Share Posted November 14, 2009 Why did Jimi Hendrix play his guitar up side down??? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GIANTRobOT420 Posted November 14, 2009 Share Posted November 14, 2009 it was hard to find lefties Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SkEpTiKaL Posted November 15, 2009 Share Posted November 15, 2009 it was hard to find lefties This. Hard to find and very expensive. Much cheaper to buy a regular guitar and string it upside-down. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thundergod Posted November 15, 2009 Share Posted November 15, 2009 He was left handed and at the time it was harder to ofind left handed guitars than it is today. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rocky4 Posted November 15, 2009 Share Posted November 15, 2009 Yes, but he strung it in the normal method as opposed to Albert King and Otis Rush, who strung it backwards. The lighter gauge strings on top. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cruznolfart Posted November 15, 2009 Share Posted November 15, 2009 I don't think he knew any better. I think he looked at other, righty guitarists and just mirrored what he saw to make learning easier on his drug-addled brain. Just think how much better he could have played had he done it right. Tsk tsk. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FirstMeasure Posted November 15, 2009 Share Posted November 15, 2009 He also liked to manipulate the controls with his forearm. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
milod Posted November 15, 2009 Share Posted November 15, 2009 According to my Lil Bro, a mere child of 59 and who's left-handed, it's very difficult to get a lotta different stuff that righties take for granted. It appears he's done more than a few nonstandard sorts of stuff to accommodate being a leftie with modifications of everything from firearms to some mechanikin' tools. So... I doubt it's entirely a matter of drugs for Hendrix even though I'm the last guy in the world to condone the type of drug use he exemplified. As I recall also Elizabeth Cotton, the lady who is credited with writing "Freight Train," played backwards and upside down as a leftie. The style was known - golly whiz, but I'm not kidding - as "Cotton Pickin'." m Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tazzboy Posted November 15, 2009 Share Posted November 15, 2009 Same thing with **** Dale Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
myspace.com/jessenoah Posted November 15, 2009 Share Posted November 15, 2009 I heard that there where only 2 left handed guitars in england, @ that point in time, and tony "whats-his-name" from black sabbath had one of them Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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