oldslapper Posted December 24, 2017 Share Posted December 24, 2017 Sorry if this appears somewhere else on the site, but search didn't find anything. Anyway, been watching the above documentary on iplayer, & apart from being a joyous gig with a mahoosive body of work, & a great band, I noticed the bass player is a leftie playing the bass strung right handed (upside down) anyone else play this way here? Nice player (of course) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EssentialTension Posted December 24, 2017 Share Posted December 24, 2017 (edited) I don't know about here but there are quite a few bassists playing like that ... the guy in Doves for example. Some guitarists too e.g. Albert King, 'D**k' Dale. And the guy in Orchestral Manoeuvres plays right handed strung left. Edited December 24, 2017 by EssentialTension auto correct for saying Richard Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lozz196 Posted December 24, 2017 Share Posted December 24, 2017 I watched this last week, didn`t notice the bass as mentioned as was just enjoying and singing along (quietly as was 11ish at night). What a quality performance. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ambient Posted December 24, 2017 Share Posted December 24, 2017 Lee Pomeroy plays like that, maybe it's him. One of my tutors at uni also plays like that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oldslapper Posted December 24, 2017 Author Share Posted December 24, 2017 It was a great performance, would have loved to have been there. As for the "upside down" stringing, I found it intruiging. But it's only muscle memory after all. Bass player had a great voice too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skidder652003 Posted December 24, 2017 Share Posted December 24, 2017 Richard, Richard, Richard, Richard,Richard!!!! sorry had to see what happened! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skidder652003 Posted December 24, 2017 Share Posted December 24, 2017 2 hours ago, EssentialTension said: I don't know about here but there are quite a few bassists playing like that ... the guy in Doves for example. Some guitarists too e.g. Albert King, 'D**k' Dale. And the guy in Orchestral Manoeuvres plays right handed strung left. Richard, Richard, Richard, Richard,Richard!!!! sorry had to see what happened! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wateroftyne Posted December 24, 2017 Share Posted December 24, 2017 Sounds like Lee Pomeroy. Marvellous player. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bumnote Posted December 24, 2017 Share Posted December 24, 2017 looks like him too Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oldslapper Posted December 24, 2017 Author Share Posted December 24, 2017 1 hour ago, wateroftyne said: Sounds like Lee Pomeroy. Marvellous player. Just checked him on the googlewebnet and it's definitely Lee Pomeroy. Thanks for the heads up Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KingPrawn Posted December 24, 2017 Share Posted December 24, 2017 Lee is an incredible player. He’s the go to man. ELO, YES, it Bites, Take That. Top player. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
casapete Posted December 25, 2017 Share Posted December 25, 2017 2 hours ago, KingPrawn said: Lee is an incredible player. He’s the go to man. ELO, YES, it Bites, Take That. Top player. Fabulous player, and a lovely fella too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roger2611 Posted December 25, 2017 Share Posted December 25, 2017 17 hours ago, EssentialTension said: And the guy in Orchestral Manoeuvres plays right handed strung left. Andy McCluskey Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TrevorR Posted December 25, 2017 Share Posted December 25, 2017 (edited) 22 hours ago, KingPrawn said: Lee is an incredible player. He’s the go to man. ELO, YES, it Bites, Take That. Top player. Not to mention Headspace, Rick Wakeman and That Oceanic Feeling. Top player. Gord the blu-ray/CD package for Crimble. Really looking forward to it! Edited December 25, 2017 by TrevorR Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EssentialTension Posted December 26, 2017 Share Posted December 26, 2017 (edited) 22 hours ago, Roger2611 said: Andy McCluskey Thank you Edited December 26, 2017 by EssentialTension Can't spell Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zummerbass Posted December 26, 2017 Share Posted December 26, 2017 I was there. Great gig,great band. Essentially Take That's backing band fronted by Mr Lynne. I didn't notice the bass being upside down strung. But then I was about 2 miles away Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oldslapper Posted December 26, 2017 Author Share Posted December 26, 2017 1 hour ago, Zummerbass said: I was there. Great gig,great band. Essentially Take That's backing band fronted by Mr Lynne. I didn't notice the bass being upside down strung. But then I was about 2 miles away Luck you. Looked such a joyous occasion. Here's Lee with his upside down strung left handed Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dudewheresmybass Posted December 28, 2017 Share Posted December 28, 2017 Interesting to see that his "board" is powered by the little maplin £20 special psu. 😉 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
upside downer Posted December 28, 2017 Share Posted December 28, 2017 On 12/24/2017 at 16:27, oldslapper said: I noticed the bass player is a leftie playing the bass strung right handed (upside down) anyone else play this way here? It's how I play, hence my user name. Have always played a flipped right-hander. Some previous issues with my arm rubbing against tone/volume knobs have been resolved with blu tack. Hail to my putty-like pal! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oldslapper Posted December 28, 2017 Author Share Posted December 28, 2017 2 hours ago, upside downer said: It's how I play, hence my user name. Have always played a flipped right-hander. Some previous issues with my arm rubbing against tone/volume knobs have been resolved with blu tack. Hail to my putty-like pal! Great stuff. Can I ask, did you take lessons? Reason I ask is when I taught, I did have a couple of lefties, but no one with upside down stringing. Would have been fun to teach I'd imagine... don't know why. 😊 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
upside downer Posted December 29, 2017 Share Posted December 29, 2017 14 hours ago, oldslapper said: Great stuff. Can I ask, did you take lessons? Reason I ask is when I taught, I did have a couple of lefties, but no one with upside down stringing. Would have been fun to teach I'd imagine... don't know why. 😊 No lessons, self taught so flawed technique to this day 😊 Had no one to advise me otherwise so whenever I picked up a friends' guitar it tended to be a righty. Haven't found it a problem down the years. I guess a teacher would have advised differently. I do muck about with some other instruments (mandolin, saz, Greek bouzouki) and play them flipped too, apart from the bouzouki which is strung lefty. There's no rhyme nor reason to this, that's just how I bought it. Fancy a challenge? Try a sitar upside down! 😁 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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