rob aylestone
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This isn't a recording question but just an observation on something I've never seen before, despite being a bass player for a very long time.
Got taken to watch a tribute band. I've worked with the originals many times and know they music well, so discovering I was front row was kind of a bit like a busman holiday, so I started to look at the equipment and instruments. Guitars were a bit unusual. A Strat, Tele, electric banjo and a 335 style 12 string. Odd for a searchers band where you'd expect a Rickenbacker 12 string for authenticity. That done I looked at the basses. A Gibson SG 4 string - not that common a bass for a band where the bass player plays a Precision. His spare was a 5 string in Jazz style - but an unknown make to me. Kit looked like a nice DW, and was probably the nicest part of what I was about to get. The second guitar was a Strat - nothing special but not too bad sounding.
They appeared and to my surprise the bass player put on the Gibson SG - the wrong way around! He put it on left handed so the knobs were at the top. Low strings nearest the ground and the high strings closest to his head. He had learned to play a right handed guitar upside down. He was a decent bass player but it was so strange to see his fingers all working the wrong way around.
I've never seen this technique before? Has anyone here?
Got taken to watch a tribute band. I've worked with the originals many times and know they music well, so discovering I was front row was kind of a bit like a busman holiday, so I started to look at the equipment and instruments. Guitars were a bit unusual. A Strat, Tele, electric banjo and a 335 style 12 string. Odd for a searchers band where you'd expect a Rickenbacker 12 string for authenticity. That done I looked at the basses. A Gibson SG 4 string - not that common a bass for a band where the bass player plays a Precision. His spare was a 5 string in Jazz style - but an unknown make to me. Kit looked like a nice DW, and was probably the nicest part of what I was about to get. The second guitar was a Strat - nothing special but not too bad sounding.
They appeared and to my surprise the bass player put on the Gibson SG - the wrong way around! He put it on left handed so the knobs were at the top. Low strings nearest the ground and the high strings closest to his head. He had learned to play a right handed guitar upside down. He was a decent bass player but it was so strange to see his fingers all working the wrong way around.
I've never seen this technique before? Has anyone here?