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Paul McCartney playing a true left-handed guitar (a Gibson Les Paul).. Left-handed people play guitar or electric bass in one of the following ways: (1) play the instrument truly right-handed, (2) play the instrument truly left-handed, (3) altering a right-handed instrument to play left-handed, or (4) turning a right-handed instrument upside down to pick with the left hand, but not altering ...
Jennifer Leitham (born John Leitham, August 10, 1953) is an American musician and double bass player. Being left-handed, she has also used the nicknames "Lefty" or "The Southpaw." Being left-handed, she has also used the nicknames "Lefty" or "The Southpaw."
While Thomas is right-handed, he plays left-handed on an upside down right-handed bass guitar, which allows him to use heavy string bending on the upper strings. Thomas' slapping style/technique is unique because he is executing everything upside-down, while traditionally using the thumb for slaps and fingers for pops.
Paul "Pablo" Wilson [1] (born 20 October 1978) is a Scottish musician, who is best known as the former bass guitarist for Northern Irish - Scottish alternative rock band Snow Patrol. He previously played guitar in Glasgow band Terra Diablo during 2000–2005. Wilson plays left-handed and generally uses a black Rickenbacker for concerts. He is a ...
Pomeroy is primarily known as a bass guitarist, but also plays Chapman Stick, bass pedals, synth bass, double neck guitar / bass (with Steve Hackett), rhythm guitar and even the spoons. [2] Pomeroy performs bass guitar left-handed with left-handed instruments but stringed as a right-handed instrument. [ 21 ]
A free-bass system is a system of left-hand bass buttons on an accordion, arranged to give the performer greater ability to play melodies with the left-hand and form one's own chords. The left-hand buttonboard consists of single-note buttons with a range of three octaves or more, in contrast to the standard Stradella bass system, which offers a ...
As Höfner did not sell a left-handed version of the 500/1 at the time, McCartney's was a custom-built model. He placed the order for the bass at the Steinway Musikhaus in Hamburg, then the largest and most prestigious music store in the city. McCartney recalls ordering the bass as it was "quite cheap" in comparison to other instruments.
LH - left-handed; M - mahogany top; Q - quilt maple top; R - rosewood; ... headless bass 1984-1986 no connection to 1990s Bantams GB Bantam headless bass/guitar