Bassists who are lefties who play righty club.

[Matthijs]

Originally Posted by TotteryManx

You guys are nuts! I'm left handed, but do everything but write with my right hand. I tried learning on a right handed instrument in the beginning and it just wouldn't take. As soon as I got a lefty that all changed and became so much easier. A part of me wishes I powered through and stuck with righty though.

So how do you feel about what your right hand does on a lefty bass? I myself have never seen plucking as something that needs more dexterity compared to fretting. I feel limited with both hands Does the type of music you play need fast plucking first?

[Engine207]

Originally Posted by Matthijs

So how do you feel about what your right hand does on a lefty bass? I myself have never seen plucking as something that needs more dexterity compared to fretting. I feel limited with both hands Does the type of music you play need fast plucking first?

For me, it's not so much the fast plucking. I sometimes have too heavy a touch with my right hand and don't accomplish the light/shade nuances that often happen between verses and choruses.

[bampilot06]

played cello as a kid and they didnt have a left handed cello so I learned to finger with my left hand. I just moved on to up right bass, then to guitar it felt right. Only thing that is hindering me, is slap bass with my right hand. Dont know why but my hand doesnt like to move that way.

[Kragnorak]

Outsider to the Sinister Club here, with a question. Why do you guys think that left-handed guitars and basses even exist? I've never understood it, just because there is no such thing as a lefty violin or cello - lefties would be sword-fighting with other members of their section if there were!

And I happen to think that it takes more to learn bow technique than most kinds of picking, so I'm always surprised when somebody gets a lefty instrument or pulls a Hendrix.

I also think about instruments like piano. A lefty piano would be a true mindbender, because you would have to have higher keys going to the left just like on a lefty bass guitar. Do any of you own a lefty bass and wish that you could get a lefty keyboard as well?

Also, this emoticon is racist against you guys:

[Matthijs]

Originally Posted by Kragnorak

Outsider to the Sinister Club here, with a question. Why do you guys think that left-handed guitars and basses even exist? I've never understood it, just because there is no such thing as a lefty violin or cello - lefties would be sword-fighting with other members of their section if there were!

And I happen to think that it takes more to learn bow technique than most kinds of picking, so I'm always surprised when somebody gets a lefty instrument or pulls a Hendrix.

I also think about instruments like piano. A lefty piano would be a true mindbender, because you would have to have higher keys going to the left just like on a lefty bass guitar. Do any of you own a lefty bass and wish that you could get a lefty keyboard as well?

Also, this emoticon is racist against you guys:

Maybe you should have another look at the thread title

[Engine207]

Originally Posted by Kragnorak

Also, this emoticon is racist against you guys:

Leftys are a race?

[Tennesseemick]

I do all athletic things right handed and all esthetic things left handed except stringed instruments. It may be that finger placement on the frets is the esthetic part and the picking and thumping are athletic?

[I_LIEK_BASE]

That would be me. I do just about everything left handed. The few things I do right handed are playing bass, throwing frisbee, using scissors, and...um...a certain bedroom activity

[kleinenenten]

I never thought of getting a right or left handed bass. When I was looking at picking up the bass, my mom asked the sales guy if I needed a lefty, and he handed me a bass, saw that I readily positioned in the right hand style, and said I didn't need a left handed bass. Other than that, I do everything but throw a frisbee and play hockey (don't know why those two things are different!) left handed.

[Pet Sounds]

Originally Posted by I_LIEK_BASE

That would be me. I do just about everything left handed. The few things I do right handed are playing bass, throwing frisbee, using scissors, and...um...a certain bedroom activity

TMI! Though the same thing applies to me.

[MisterFabulous]

Dexterity is Destiny.

...but not in the Lefty Playing Righty zone

Welcome to the zone our newest members:

#301: bampilot06;
#302: Tennesseemick;
#303: I_LIEK_BASE;
#304: kleinenenten;


Make your own destiny.

Mister Fabulous,
Club Secretary

[hailet]

Hello, I thought that I was the only one that did something this strange. I'm a pure lefty that plays right handed. I don't really know why other than my first exposure to bass was a right handed Kingston and I never tried to play lefty. If there is a real right hand playing lefty's club I would like to join.
hailet
LGBT Club #47

[kimmyt]

Back in 1972 when I rented my first bass there was only right handed one available. Plus I figured it would be better to have my left hand moving around the neck as opposed to the pickups. Boy was I wrong, try playing What is Hip, not so easy with a retarded right hand.

[BottomThumper]

My brother brought the first bass into the house. Until then, I always played air guitar lefty. Now, after many, MANY years, even playing air guitar lefty feels awkward. The biggest downside I've found is I always have to switch my watch to my left wrist or run the risk of chewing up the finish on the guitars.

[Melik]

I'm in! Started out with drums, which first I played lefty (right handed drums, arms not crossed, guess it's called open-handed technique.) Anyway, learned to play them properly, arms crossed and then picked up the bass, I think it's the reason why I play bass right handed..

[I_LIEK_BASE]

Have any of you lefties turned rightys ever tried (at length) to go back to lefty playing? I play in a band with a lefty guitar player and he recently got a lefty bass. I asked him to borrow it for a while to see if I could do it. I gave it a valiant try for a good 2-3 days and just gave up. Anyone else try this with any success? I guess I've always wanted to know if my playing style would change or would have been different if I played lefty

[MisterFabulous]

Groundhog, were you lyin'?

Welcome the newest members of Lefty Playing Righty:

#305: hailet;
#306: kimmyt;
#307: BottomThumper;
#308: Melik;

Diggin' in,

Mister Fabulous,

Club Secretary

[peledog]

Any of you play left handed but on a righty bass upside with the strings like Keith Horne or Jimmy Haslip? That always blows my mind having the thickest strings towards the bottom.

[Jhengsman]

That is how our guitarist plays. He didn't have his own guitar when learning on his own and thus nobody to "force him" to flip the guitar over to play like a proper right hander. By the time he was able to get his own axe he was set.

[peledog]

That's brilliant.