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# Hendrix was right handed
but he used to turn the guitar upside down and play with the bass strings at the bottom.

He was a genius
(I helped save b3ta! karatesausage, Wed 21 Apr 2004, 12:33, archived)
# Hence my post...
Have you got "are you experienced" it's supoib. Epoch-making, even.
(I helped save b3ta! Stickman_ben, Wed 21 Apr 2004, 12:34, archived)
# whack whack oops
find me a photo and i'll give yu a tenner
(I helped save b3ta! Polly Carbonate, Wed 21 Apr 2004, 12:35, archived)
# Ok


Now give me that tenner...
(I helped save b3ta! karatesausage, Wed 21 Apr 2004, 12:36, archived)
# thats playing left handed on
a right handed guitar.
(I helped save b3ta! Polly Carbonate, Wed 21 Apr 2004, 12:37, archived)
# Ok
I got his hands mixed up.

But he's still playing with bass strings on the bottom....

That's £5 for me being half wrong.
(I helped save b3ta! karatesausage, Wed 21 Apr 2004, 12:39, archived)
# nah he had the nut changed round
so that the strings were the right way up
(I helped save b3ta! Polly Carbonate, Wed 21 Apr 2004, 12:41, archived)
# Ok...
I'm gonna go upstairs and take a photo of one of my albums just to prove it.
I'll reply to this in 5 minutes...
(I helped save b3ta! karatesausage, Wed 21 Apr 2004, 12:42, archived)
# still not shopped it?
(I helped save b3ta! Polly Carbonate, Wed 21 Apr 2004, 12:50, archived)
# he he
I think you might be waiting a while...
(I helped save b3ta! Wasp Box like a nervous random stranger at a glory hole, Wed 21 Apr 2004, 12:54, archived)
# bass strings on top


Mind you - this pic has obviously been mirror reversed.
(gamera, Wed 21 Apr 2004, 12:54, archived)
# i saw dick dale do that
but i'm pretty sure the close ups of hendrix at woodstock & monterey have a rh guitar but restrung.
(gamera, Wed 21 Apr 2004, 12:39, archived)
# He was left
handed but used a re-strung right handed guitar. Apparently he also had unusually long digits and could hook his thumb over the fret board and play along to bass notes as well as mixing rythmn and lead with his other four fingers. Ive also heard some other pretty amazing stuff about what he was rumoured to be capable of with a guitar. Like getting 32 individual sounds from one note or something.
(I helped save b3ta! Nimble Colin camera-wrangling, globe-trotting whisky enthusiast, Wed 21 Apr 2004, 12:41, archived)
# He could also
Play with his teeth. I was told that by my Office Manager. Is that true?
(I helped save b3ta! karatesausage, Wed 21 Apr 2004, 12:44, archived)
# Yep,
and there is footage of him playing while rolling over backwards on stage. Also played behind his back but that pales in comparison to most things he could do. Ive read in several books the observers noticed he was incredibly well hung too but I doubt that affected his playing ability too much.
(I helped save b3ta! Nimble Colin camera-wrangling, globe-trotting whisky enthusiast, Wed 21 Apr 2004, 12:46, archived)
# i can believe that
he's got very big fingers
(I helped save b3ta! Polly Carbonate, Wed 21 Apr 2004, 12:49, archived)
# you must have seen that bit
of footage, always shown with the ingenious use of ones flies.. and the infamous behind the head murderation of the 'StarSpangledBanner'....

(Elusive Squirrel, Wed 21 Apr 2004, 12:50, archived)
# Murderation?
I like that. Most people dont, i played it loudly at 9am last year in student halls and buggered to the kitchen and when I came back someone had been in my room and physically cut the speaker cables with a pair of pliers. Bastards.
(I helped save b3ta! Nimble Colin camera-wrangling, globe-trotting whisky enthusiast, Wed 21 Apr 2004, 12:52, archived)