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How many on the BJF Forum are lefty players?

Postby strings2wood » Fri Apr 23, 2010 6:47 pm

I saw bsic's photo and it made me wonder (as I'm a lefty as well).
Just curious.
I'm a mutant hybrid i.e. I play left handed
cs '56 strat, cs '57 tele, heritage H-170
right handed strung.
i.e. a lefty righty.
any other lefty players (traditional or otherwise?)
My SBEQ is sometimes a left footer.
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Re: How many on the BJF Forum are lefty players?

Postby Strat-o-lux » Fri Apr 23, 2010 8:39 pm

Wait a minute... so you have all left handed guitars but you play them right-handed? Or you play them left-handed but strung backwards? I think I'm confused.

What led you to this insanity? :D
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Re: How many on the BJF Forum are lefty players?

Postby ptbarnum » Fri Apr 23, 2010 9:04 pm

And why are they all on a tramopoline :mrgreen:
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Re: How many on the BJF Forum are lefty players?

Postby strings2wood » Fri Apr 23, 2010 9:27 pm

Strat-o-lux wrote:Wait a minute... so you have all left handed guitars but you play them right-handed? Or you play them left-handed but strung backwards? I think I'm confused.

What led you to this insanity? :D


It's a plague I'm telling ya!

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_mu ... _backwards


Started playing as a kid-
encourgaed and shown basic chords by my right handed brother
on his right handed guitar.
brought my first steel string acoustic as a teenager playing a right handed guitar upside down.
I did reverse the strings and nut for about 2 years-
then went back to just playing it as a normal right handed guitar played upside down-
it was a muscle memory/ comfort thing.
I was acoustic and blues forever.

When I got into electric guitar (YEARS later),
It was really difficult finding anything left handed in Australia.
The strat and tele were gold for me- both great cs guitars.
The Heritage I found this year from a guy in the states who played the same way I do.


I think guys like him and me just grew used to muscle memory.
Dick dale, Doyle Bramhall, (very over rated in my opinion),
Even Bob Geldof (not known as a guitarist plays that way).

I still think left handed guitars just look wrong!!!! :lol:
It's the same way you pick up a tennis racket, bat, etc.
Perhaps without a right handed guitar around,
I probably would have just been a traditional lefty.


ptbarnum wrote:And why are they all on a tramopoline :mrgreen:

I just like the black background for contrast
and one photo- not neck- body-head etc.....................................................





- ok...sometimes I slam dunk while playing,
more air,
but broken springs and strings when you get carried away! :oops:
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Re: How many on the BJF Forum are lefty players?

Postby strings2wood » Fri Apr 23, 2010 9:31 pm

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any other sane or insane lefty's?????
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Re: How many on the BJF Forum are lefty players?

Postby bsic » Fri Apr 23, 2010 9:56 pm

Nice! Great to see lefties. Even if they are righty lefties ;)


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Re: How many on the BJF Forum are lefty players?

Postby strings2wood » Fri Apr 23, 2010 10:52 pm

bsic wrote:Nice! Great to see lefties. Even if they are righty lefties ;)


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BEAUTIFUL COLOUR!
LOVE THE STUNNING BLUEY TOO!!!

Thanks for the Fun bsic!
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Re: How many on the BJF Forum are lefty players?

Postby ptbarnum » Fri Apr 23, 2010 11:09 pm

Saw Dick Dale, here, in NYC in the '90s. Amazing player, and when the set was done, he hung out with the fans who stayed behind. I think I have an autograph somewhere..
Nice guitars, guys.
And, I'm a righty 8)
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Re: How many on the BJF Forum are lefty players?

Postby Donner » Sat Apr 24, 2010 3:18 pm

wonder if there are any dirtbox similarities between lefties ---- hmmmm
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Re: How many on the BJF Forum are lefty players?

Postby strings2wood » Sat Apr 24, 2010 5:51 pm

Donner wrote:wonder if there are any dirtbox similarities between lefties ---- hmmmm



using bsic's last post Our dirt does seem to share left handed similarities :arrow:

bsic: Left handed 59 LP RI ->PickleVibe -> TOP -> DRD-> SHOD -> HBOD -> PGC -> Analogman Chorus-> DBD -> SBEQ -> Budda SuperDrive

A'man Sunface-> Mojo Vibe-> A51 Wah-> sold my TOP-> Model H-> DRD->EGDM-> sold my SHOD -> HBOD -> [b]sold [/b]PGC -> A'Man Bi- Chorus-> SBEQ->never tried DBD-> A'man 76 RI Dyna-Comp(mods)& Juicer-> Flying Dragon Boost-> Mk.4:23->EHX Electric Mistress-> AD-900-> FEOTM.
have the same hairdo as Buddha and am working on the physique.
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