Kurt Cobain: Left-handed guitar
Colin Edgecombe
Kurt Cobain played left but used a right handed guitar reversed. Did
he reverse the strings or did he learn to play up-side
down (sixth string at the bottom, first string at the top)? Any response
will be greatly appreciated.
Teuscher
He reversed the strings. Later, when he could afford it, he either
bought lefties or had them made. The only person I can think of offhand
who plays lefty with the first string on top (tuned to an F#m chord to
boot) was Albert King, and I believe he's no longer with us.
Mike
Mary A. Sabo
>Kurt Cobain played left but used a right handed guitar reversed. Did
>he reverse the strings or did he learn to play up-side
>down (sixth string at the bottom, first string at the top)? Any
response
>will be greatly appreciated.
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Josh King
On 30 Sep 1996, Mary A. Sabo wrote:
>
> >Kurt Cobain played left but used a right handed guitar reversed. Did
> >he reverse the strings or did he learn to play up-side
> >down (sixth string at the bottom, first string at the top)? Any
> response
> >will be greatly appreciated.
>
I believe it was strung for a lefty.
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Mason D. Fox
He ocasionally had a right handed guitar strung lefthanded so he could
play it. Did you nothice the guitar he used on unplugged? It's the same
one Courtney had on unplugged, but with the strings reversed.
Ocassionally, he would have trouble finding a left handed guitar, so he
did the Jimi Hendrix thing...
It's impossible to play a guitar backwards without reversing the strings.
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Eric
Teuscher wrote:
>
> Colin Edgecombe wrote:
> >
> > Kurt Cobain played left but used a right handed guitar reversed. Did
> > he reverse the strings or did he learn to play up-side
> > down (sixth string at the bottom, first string at the top)? Any response
> > will be greatly appreciated.
>
> bought lefties or had them made. The only person I can think of offhand
> who plays lefty with the first string on top (tuned to an F#m chord to
> boot) was Albert King, and I believe he's no longer with us.
> Mike
Didn't Jimi Hendrix play lefty with the first string on top? I could be
wrong, but I thought I'd noticed that on some old footage once...
Eric
Jeffrey Shaw
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J.D. Stoner
> He reversed the strings. Later, when he could afford it, he either
> bought lefties or had them made. The only person I can think of offhand
> who plays lefty with the first string on top (tuned to an F#m chord to
> boot) was Albert King, and I believe he's no longer with us.
> Mike
>
He used a right-handed guitar on unplugged (just look at the cover)
DANIEL H MEANS
Teuscher (ohi...@metro.net) wrote:
: Colin Edgecombe wrote:
: >
: > Kurt Cobain played left but used a right handed guitar reversed. Did
: > he reverse the strings or did he learn to play up-side
: > down (sixth string at the bottom, first string at the top)? Any response
: > will be greatly appreciated.
: He reversed the strings. Later, when he could afford it, he either
: who plays lefty with the first string on top (tuned to an F#m chord to
: boot) was Albert King, and I believe he's no longer with us.
: Mike
Eric Gales and Karl Whallenger from World Party both play that way.
00b0...@bsuvc.bsu.edu
In article <01bbaf2d$68998020$788d68cf@daveston>, "J.D. Stoner" <kt...@ocsnet.net> writes:
>> He reversed the strings. Later, when he could afford it, he either
>> bought lefties or had them made. The only person I can think of offhand
>> who plays lefty with the first string on top (tuned to an F#m chord to
>> boot) was Albert King, and I believe he's no longer with us.
>> Mike
>>
>
Mason D. Fox
Kurt hated Gibson guitars. Perhaps that's why he took one under water
and ruined it because he coudln't bring himself do destroy a perfectly
good Fender unless it was during a performance.
Rob Dobson
In article <52rti8$h...@netaxs.com>, je...@netaxs.com (Jeff Vineburg) says:
>
>>bought lefties or had them made. The only person I can think of offhand
>>who plays lefty with the first string on top (tuned to an F#m chord to
>>boot) was Albert King, and I believe he's no longer with us.
>
>whose names I can't remember....
>
>
>
>--------------------------------------------------------------
>Jeff Vineburg je...@netaxs.com Nuclear Fish nuke...@netaxs.com
Yup, Coco Montoya plays with the high E string on top. His last album
shows him posing with a strat-style guitar strung upside-down, headstock
is also upside down, but pickup selector and knobs are rightside-up.
The brand on the headstock is "Guitars R Us"(??!?). Great album, by
the way.
Stevie Rob
Jeff Vineburg
>bought lefties or had them made. The only person I can think of offhand
>who plays lefty with the first string on top (tuned to an F#m chord to
>boot) was Albert King, and I believe he's no longer with us.
Otis Rush, Jimi could do this, Coco Montoya (I think), a few bassists
whose names I can't remember....
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Jeff Vineburg je...@netaxs.com Nuclear Fish nuke...@netaxs.com
http://www.netaxs.com/~jeffv http://www.netaxs.com/~nukefish
lefty guitar info, musical humor song parodies, as heard on Stern show
TIMOTHY GUEGUEN
DANIEL H MEANS (dhm...@omega.uta.edu) wrote:
: Teuscher (ohi...@metro.net) wrote:
: : Colin Edgecombe wrote:
: : >
: : > Kurt Cobain played left but used a right handed guitar reversed. Did
: : > he reverse the strings or did he learn to play up-side
: : > down (sixth string at the bottom, first string at the top)? Any response
: : > will be greatly appreciated.
: :
: : bought lefties or had them made. The only person I can think of offhand
: : boot) was Albert King, and I believe he's no longer with us.
: Eric Gales and Karl Whallenger from World Party both play that way.
Don't forget about the great Otis Rush, who plays left with flipped over
right hand guitars, with the low E closest to his feet. Otis also has
played proper left handed guitars, but strung in the same way.
tim gueguen ad...@sfn.saskatoon.sk.ca
Tommy Boy
J.D. Stoner wrote:
>
> > He reversed the strings. Later, when he could afford it, he either
> > bought lefties or had them made. The only person I can think of offhand
> > who plays lefty with the first string on top (tuned to an F#m chord to
> > boot) was Albert King, and I believe he's no longer with us.
> > Mike
> >
>
to throw that in)
Tommy Boy
Scott Jobson
DANIEL H MEANS (dhm...@omega.uta.edu) wrote:
: Teuscher (ohi...@metro.net) wrote:
: : Colin Edgecombe wrote:
: : >
: : > Kurt Cobain played left but used a right handed guitar reversed. Did
: : > he reverse the strings or did he learn to play up-side
: : > down (sixth string at the bottom, first string at the top)? Any response
: : > will be greatly appreciated.
: :
as far as i know, he reversed the strings (so that the guitar played
like a proper leftie guitar), but one of the guitarists from aussie
strange band 'the fauves' played a 'rightie' guitar flipped over last
time i saw 'em.
oh yeah, they were really, really good too...
lazyj - nurse.muso.slacker / c931...@alinga.newcastle.edu.au
Felix Wiedler
> >
> > He used a right-handed guitar on unplugged (just look at the cover)
> He also used that guitar during the In Utero tour... (Thought I'd like
> to throw that in)
>
> Tommy Boy
If I remember right, Kurt used a Martin D-18E - those electrified
flattops
which Martin produced with little success only for a few years around
1960.
After Kurt played one, Martin could maybe do a Kurt Cobain reissue...
Maybe with MTV logo on it and signed by Chris Martin and, eh, Courtney
Love... ;-)
F.
--
Felix Wiedler, Winterthur, Switzerland
http://www.pctip.ch/pctip.felix.html
Brad Weslake
[snip]
> one of the guitarists from aussie
> strange band 'the fauves' played a 'rightie' guitar flipped over last
> time i saw 'em.
>
> oh yeah, they were really, really good too...
>
> lazyj - nurse.muso.slacker / c931...@alinga.newcastle.edu.au
The Fauves go off! Dogs are the best people.
MattKING
Teuscher <ohi...@metro.net> wrote:
>Colin Edgecombe wrote:
>>
>> Kurt Cobain played left but used a right handed guitar reversed. Did
>> he reverse the strings or did he learn to play up-side
>> down (sixth string at the bottom, first string at the top)? Any response
>> will be greatly appreciated.
> He reversed the strings. Later, when he could afford it, he either
>bought lefties or had them made. The only person I can think of offhand
>who plays lefty with the first string on top (tuned to an F#m chord to
>boot) was Albert King, and I believe he's no longer with us.
> Mike
What about Dick Dale... classic left handed person on a right strung
guitar. He even tunes it to standard I believe (eadgce).
Any one esle think of someone?
.
MattKING
Eric <eri...@worldnet.att.net> wrote:
>Didn't Jimi Hendrix play lefty with the first string on top? I could be
>wrong, but I thought I'd noticed that on some old footage once...
>Eric
No way, Hendrix played left handed - used right handed guitars, but
strung them as if left handed.
.
MattKING
"Mason D. Fox" <maso...@imap2.asu.edu> wrote:
>He ocasionally had a right handed guitar strung lefthanded so he could
>play it. Did you nothice the guitar he used on unplugged? It's the same
>one Courtney had on unplugged, but with the strings reversed.
>Ocassionally, he would have trouble finding a left handed guitar, so he
>did the Jimi Hendrix thing...
>It's impossible to play a guitar backwards without reversing the strings.
>Mason D. Fox
Explain how Dick Dale does it the. Go on I dare you.
What you mean is 'I cant do it', but in all reality, it is possible, I
used to have a friend who could play my right handed guitar but as if
it was a left handed one, you just reverse all the chords. Think about
it, Barre chords would be easy. I have even got another friend that
can play either left handed, OR right handed, as the mood takes him.
He also plays a little in reverse too.
.
Rob Dobson
In article <533b32$6...@Arthur.interalpha.net>, mem...@interalpha.co.uk (MattKING) says:
>What about Dick Dale... classic left handed person on a right strung
>guitar. He even tunes it to standard I believe (eadgce).
>
>
>Any one esle think of someone?
>
Eric Gales, Coco Montoya.
n
I'll tell you how he does it -- Dick Dale can do whatever the hell he
wants to do on guitar. (He also has an ego that could cover the hole
in the ozone layer, but that's a difference subject entirely.)
led zeppelin freak
J.D. Stoner wrote:
>
> > He reversed the strings. Later, when he could afford it, he either
> > bought lefties or had them made. The only person I can think of offhand
> > who plays lefty with the first string on top (tuned to an F#m chord to
> > boot) was Albert King, and I believe he's no longer with us.
> > Mike
> >
>
>
> > He reversed the strings. Later, when he could afford it, he either
> > bought lefties or had them made. The only person I can think of offhand
> > who plays lefty with the first string on top (tuned to an F#m chord to
> > boot) was Albert King, and I believe he's no longer with us.
> > Mike
> >
>
Jeff Mead
In article <533b5g$6...@Arthur.interalpha.net>, MattKING
<mem...@interalpha.co.uk> writes
Although Hendrix strung his own guitars normally (high string nearest
the floor), he was able to play a right handed guitar flipped over and
did so occasionally at jam sessions if a left strung guitar wasn't
available.
--
Jeff Mead
sm...@ucunix.san.uc.edu
Tommy Boy wrote:
>
> J.D. Stoner wrote:
> >
> > > He reversed the strings. Later, when he could afford it, he either
> > > bought lefties or had them made. The only person I can think of offhand
> > > who plays lefty with the first string on top (tuned to an F#m chord to
> > > boot) was Albert King, and I believe he's no longer with us.
> > > Mike
> > >
> >
> > He used a right-handed guitar on unplugged (just look at the cover)
> to throw that in)
>
> Tommy Boy
Anna from "that dog" plays upside down. She learned on her brother's
left handed guitar, and always plays that way. I think that she plays in
an open-e tuning (her guitar is tuned so that the open strings sound
like an E chord), but I forgot to ask her last time I spoke with her.
Dane
MattKING
led zeppelin freak <bi...@imcom.com> wrote:
>J.D. Stoner wrote:
>>
>> > He reversed the strings. Later, when he could afford it, he either
>> > bought lefties or had them made. The only person I can think of offhand
>> > who plays lefty with the first string on top (tuned to an F#m chord to
>> > boot) was Albert King, and I believe he's no longer with us.
>> > Mike
>> >
>>
>> He used a right-handed guitar on unplugged (just look at the cover)
>anyone ever heard of jimi hendrix?
Jimmi Hendrix, left handed player, used right handed strats strung for
a lefthander, and your point is?
.
Wesley Posvar
I'm a left handed guitarist and it's a bitch to play a guitar really well
backwards, sort of like skatin switch stance
Mark Beauregard
How about Jimmy H?