Recent content by Timmy Jay Meathook

Welcome back... we, the Brethren of the Sinister Low End salute you! In my search for bona fide left-handed uprights, here are the four I've been able to track down: 1) Upton Bass of Connecticut (they have a storefront in Boston as well.) I got one of their custom plywood Bohemians and the...

So, I have a bit of an update. Although I personally am sticking with my proper left-handed bass, apparently Ken Smith from the Jive Aces plays left-handed and it's a regular right-handed bass. I got to speak to him briefly at Viva Las Vegas this year and he told me he just played that way...

Yeah, that's the one all right. Watching it again, actually, it reminds me of ANOTHER issue that can happen when you play goofy: At one point (before the killer buzz emerged) I switched my steel strings for low-tension nylon ones (Innovation Silver Slaps) because I wanted to slap and because...

I'm an incorrigible lefty and I started on a right-handed upright, just playing it goofy with no restringing. I had been told that many left-handed players do this. And I've seen people do it--watched Paul McCartney play Bill Black's old upright in a youtube video, and saw the left-handed...