Upside down basses.

[WilliamSandoval]

Do you think right handed people who play an upside down left handed bass/guitar are less "cool" than people like Jimi Hendrix who played an upside down right handed bass/guitar (guitar in his case)?

I just think that's a little weird.

 

[Kwesi]

I think it's silly. Lefties did it out of near necessity, righties do it for aesthetic value (as far as I've seen).

 

[WilliamSandoval]

I think it's dumb.

Dusty Hill cough* cough*
http://img.skitch.com/20090810-gjyeikw8sw6xwhu9xc9tebi6a4.jpg

 

[M.R. Ogle]

I have no idea. I haven't been COOL since 1987.

 

[Engine207]

If it turns them on, who cares...certainly not me. One man's Fonzie is another man's Potsie.

 

[Webtroll]

I almost bought a lefty Rick only because I liked the way the bass looked upside down. If it weren't for my bad history with them I would have.

 

[darkstorm]

No its not cool. Its stupid. Leftys have played righty cause they have no choice in most cases. Very very few mfg make any lefty handed basses or guitars. And when they do its often only one model that you never see in any walk in store. Finding lefties before the internet stores came along was even harder.

 

[amimbari]

I think leftys look stupid no matter what they use.....


I'm a lefty that also will play a flipped guitar or bass in an instant and have on more occasions than I could possibly remember because I'm also a stupid lefty that plays inverted strings so all I had to do was plug it in and jam.

Hey WEbtroll, the Ric is not a flipper as the knobs get in the way, I have tried...lololol

It actually helped my carrear out of people remembering me for one more reason BEYOND my playing as "the guy who plays flipped basses". and even many years later people up here may not remember my name, but they sure remember my style....
"weren't you the guy who use to play a flipped Tbird" -- ( I still hear that 15 years later )

I have plenty of leftys now thanks to the internet and never need to play my righty basses on stage anymore.

but as far as any "cool factor"? ----naw.

 

[Meddle]

The "bassist" in the horrific band The Bay City Rollers used a righty bass turned lefty.

Just say no, kids.

 

[WilliamSandoval]

I'm not worried about lefties using Righty instruments, I'm talking about Righties using lefty instruments, which IMO is stupid considering the fact that all stores have righty instruments. Why not just use a Righty if you are a Righty. " Oh, Man! If Lefties can do it and be cool, I can play a Lefty and be just as cool!"

 

[kaiuk]

wow a whole thread about upside down basses and no one has posted the obligatory picture of that reverse two stringed jazz bass....

 

[Baron Von Vik]

Well... I bought a left-handed bass, popped the neck off, and put it on a right-handed body because I wanted a reverse headstock.

I hope that makes me totally uncool.

 

[fuzzy beard]

^^^^^^^ I like that!

 

[Showdown]

The "bassist" in the horrific band The Bay City Rollers used a righty bass turned lefty.

Just say no, kids.

He obviously never played above the 12th fret. He has his strap still attached to the upper (now lower) bout and running right across the back of the neck..

And those are the worst pants in the history of pants.

 

[Engine207]

...those are the worst pants in the history of pants.

I dunno about that...without those britches, that vest would look silly.

 

[TBird1958]

Do you think right handed people who play an upside down left handed bass/guitar are less "cool" than people like Jimi Hendrix who played an upside down right handed bass/guitar (guitar in his case)?

I just think that's a little weird.

Naw.....I enjoy my "weirdness" and don't care what anybody else thinks about my basses.

 

[MultiScaleMale]

I thought you meant this kind of upside down:

YouTube - ‪QUINTIN BERRY JAMMIN AT HOME‬‏

 

[WilliamSandoval]

Naw.....I enjoy my "weirdness" and don't care what anybody else thinks about my basses.

That's only cool because you own a Subaru...

 

[WilliamSandoval]

I dunno about that...without those britches, that vest would look silly.

That "vest" and those pants are all one piece. Even worse...

 

[Baron Von Vik]

Naw.....I enjoy my "weirdness" and don't care what anybody else thinks about my basses.

That's awesome!!!! Hellz yeah. I'm mentally windmill-high-fiving you for that right now