wish i'd have kept all my first guitars...hofner congress/senator/president/committee/verithin/club30/40
selmer futurama...had no respect..either modified them..broke them..lost them..or gave them away..
if only i knew then!...not to worry i've got a japanese strat which is worth about £5 if i set fire to it (insurance)
1,001 14-07-10 13:39:06
Re: Fender Telecaster (15 replies, posted in Guitars)
1,002 13-07-10 17:24:23
Re: Fender Telecaster (15 replies, posted in Guitars)
mikeyBoab wrote:
That's the thing though . . . there wouldn't be a market unless someone was willing to pay £100,000 for a guitar that doesn't play! (I'll sell him mine for £50,000)
if it was me i would set fire to it and get another £50,000
i might get myself a chinesey strat....scrape all the traces of origin off it...kick shit out of it ..raise the action and make it unplayable after putting 30yr strings on it...put it on ebay and swop it for an house (detached)
there will always be some sucker that would do it
1,003 12-07-10 07:39:20
Re: left handed (40 replies, posted in Guitars)
manmaoyy wrote:
It is an interesting point you make here!
It certainly could be a marketing gimmick but I do have my doubts!
Are there people that can play both left and right handed guitars I wonder?
have a look at this
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rutyA12z … mp;index=9
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1,004 09-07-10 14:39:49
Re: Fender Telecaster (15 replies, posted in Guitars)
why did one of hendrix's burnt out strats sell for £100,000?
would you hang a picasso in your front room?
they are all rubbish...except for speculators exploiting the " " market
1,005 29-06-10 18:59:50
Re: what kind of guitar to buy for a beginner (6 replies, posted in Newbie Section)
aussieteacherPMMD wrote:
A good reasonably priced accoustic steel string, with a cut-away if possible, with the neck set up and fitted with extra-light strings is my suggestion.
ill go with this ..and dont worry to much about the sound..most decent guitars sound different not particulary better or worse..a nicely tuned guitar is a must also, so get yourself a good tuner
1,006 28-06-10 20:45:13
Re: Hi all... (6 replies, posted in Introduce yourself)
when the aussies relieved the pommies in the trenches in the first world war this pommie said to this
aussie....'have you come here to die' the aussie replied ' no i came here yesterdie
im sorry aswell
wecome aussieteacher
1,007 28-06-10 15:58:32
Re: left handed (40 replies, posted in Guitars)
thanks for that ausieteacher......now would a lefty please respond and tell us why he plays ' backwards ' (ausieteacher)
would most of the answers be ' because jimmi was left handed ..and look how good he was '
1,008 28-06-10 06:20:56
Re: left handed (40 replies, posted in Guitars)
good points about the tabs and chord grids etc....but whats the motivation that
causes somebody to start left handed ( before he even thinks about guitar lessons )
have you got any left handed pupils?
there shouldn't be left handed guitarists..what started it?
1,009 19-05-10 18:06:47
Re: left handed (40 replies, posted in Guitars)
bantian602 wrote:
just he likes playing with his left hands
how many left hands has he got?
if you are sitting and pick up a guitar with your LEFT HAND..(assuming
you have never played one before ) the natural
place to put it is across you left thigh..( the normal place for a normal
guitar ) WHY TURN IT ARSE ABOUT FACE
when a beginner picks up a guitar for the first time neither hand as a clue what to do from
the outset so why the ' other way round ' preference ?
does a left handed guitarist have a left handed mouse to control his sequencer?
what other UI's have an option for left handed ?
1,010 10-05-10 17:46:17
Re: left handed (40 replies, posted in Guitars)
http://www.thecanteen.com/mccartney1.html
When he got home with the £15 guitar, he "couldn't figure out at all how to play it. "I didn't realize it was because I was left-handed, and it wasn't until I saw a picture of Slim Whitman, who was also left-handed, and I saw that I had the guitar the wrong-way round." Once he re-strung the guitar "upside-down,......etc
sir paul mccartney
does that mean every left handed guitarist has and plays a ' left handed guitar '
how many left handed guitarists are playing 'normal guitars' on this forum??
1,012 10-05-10 07:19:47
Re: left handed (40 replies, posted in Guitars)
who said ' when my dad bought me my first guitar i didn't know how to play it ..so i reversed the strings and played it the other way round '.......and does it make any sense?
not to me it doesnt
polyal
1,013 30-04-10 21:46:15
Re: left handed (40 replies, posted in Guitars)
what motivates a person to play left handed ( guitar )
if he's left handed then he's got a head start on a ' right handed guitar '..
.....left hand doing the hardest part and all that
theres no such thing as a left handed piano , a left handed harp , a left handed synthesiser
the list is as many instruments as you can think of
i recon hendrix, when stoned out of his mind picked up a guitar.. got it the wrong way
round ....started playing ...came out with a load of innovative riffs and progressions - which
peole latched on to , then started to emulate
if hendrix had not been around i dont think 'left handed guitarists' would be playing left handed guitars
but playing normal guitars just as good
lots of fabulous guitarists are left handed playing conventional guitars
i suggest it was a marketing gimmick
1,014 30-04-10 13:20:00
Re: left handed (40 replies, posted in Guitars)
or what about a left handed person playing a normal guitar - and thats the full circle
and thats how it should be!!
or .....was the guitar invented by a left handed person and all right handed people should be
fingering the fretboard with there right hands......and be called 'righties,
1,015 29-04-10 20:45:00
Re: left handed (40 replies, posted in Guitars)
theres a few examples on you tube but cant see any heavy metal examples
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WA_KYM0j … re=related
interesting point: never seen a normal guitar player ( right handed ?) playing a left handed guitar upside down
1,016 28-04-10 15:08:25
Re: left handed (40 replies, posted in Guitars)
mikeyBoab wrote:
Isn't a left-handed guitar upside down just a right-handed guitar?
a left handed guitar played right handed would have the bass strings at the bottom.
a person i know who plays in a band ...plays a right handed guitar left handed as is ( bass strings at the
bottom )i think a lots of people do this!..perhaps someone on this forum does
if hendrix say, was never video'd and could only be heard would we have far less lefties
is he one of the reasons?
what do left hand guitarists say?
why is someone on youtube advertising lessons for left handed guitarists?
1,017 28-04-10 10:15:35
Re: Who Are Your Top 3 Favorite Guitarists (11 replies, posted in Guitars)
django reinhardt
paul gilbert
albert lee
1,018 28-04-10 09:01:47
Re: left handed (40 replies, posted in Guitars)
do you really think so....thats your opinion......what i wrote is my opinion ..if it wasnt for jimmi we
probablly wouldnt be taking about left handed guitars.. anyway enough about the pro and cons of jimmi
SO:
why are people ( left handed people )picking up guitars and playing them upside down.why doesnt a right handed person pick up a ' left handed ' guitar and play that upside down
anybody got a logical answer?
1,019 27-04-10 18:46:43
Re: left handed (40 replies, posted in Guitars)
is this bloke left or right
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rutyA12z … mp;index=9
1,020 27-04-10 17:09:05
Topic: left handed (40 replies, posted in Guitars)
what motivates a person to play left handed ( guitar )
if he's left handed then he's got a head start on a ' right handed guitar '..
.....left hand doing the hardest part and all that
theres no such thing as a left handed piano , a left handed harp , a left handed synthesiser
the list is as many instruments as you can think of
i recon hendrix when stoned out of his mind picked up a guitar.. got it the wrong way
round ....started playing ...came out with a load of hallucinated rubbish - which for some
reason peole latched on to , and thought they could emulate it
if hendrix had not been around i dont think 'left handed guitars' would exist
lots of fabulous guitarists are left handed but play a conventional guitar
i suggest it was a marketing gimmick
polyal
1,021 12-04-08 09:52:14
Re: What is the Best line to pick a girl/guy (5 replies, posted in General Chat)
this never fails
your diet's working well ....you dont look half as fat as you
did last week
atellthee!
polyal
1,022 12-04-08 09:41:23
Topic: left handed guitars (1 replies, posted in General Chat)
left handed v guitar playing
the senario
experienced guitar player to wanabee "do you want a go of my guitar" ....no
ive got no chance im left handed.....well you use your left hand to do all the
tricky bits.........yes but all right handed guitarists use there left hand
to do all the tricky bits so if im left handed i need to use my right hand
yes ? the end
left handed guitaring is illogical
but there again why do right handed people play the guitar with there left hands(tricky bits)
can somebody explain why we have left handed guitars
please respond to this thread with sensible comments
im all ears(left and right)
al saunders
uk
