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Gibson Basses / Re: Lefthanded bassplayers playing Thunderbirds.
« on: February 25, 2009, 03:00:44 PM »
like Tbird 1958 said, look at all the inverted players coming out of the woodwork now...!!!
GLAD I could be the leader in the pack of inverted-wolves. And ya, like I have told people for years, dont watch, just listen.  :mrgreen: :mrgreen:

as far as double-thumb slap style, let someone else do it, I'll play ANYTHING ELSE (fast/slow/easy/complicated) is never a factor anymore that someone throws my way.
the slap technique is easy, but inverted the MUTING is a killer.


p.s. welcome and glad you both SAF + TUBEHEAD are part of MY inverted band of brothers  :):)


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Gibson Basses / Re: Lefthanded bassplayers playing Thunderbirds.
« on: February 23, 2009, 05:06:44 AM »
Quote from: pbrocker56 on February 21, 2009, 08:04:55 PM
Oh and a buddy commented that the Bird on the pick guard looks like he is dive bombing towards some prey (or to poop), pretty cool, or funny I think.
  always thought it looked better with the headstock "beak" pointing down as a bird would normally look ( cant do that playing it non-flipped ) :)

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Gibson Basses / Re: Lefthanded bassplayers playing Thunderbirds.
« on: February 23, 2009, 05:03:36 AM »
Quote from: pbrocker56 on February 22, 2009, 10:19:28 PM
Thank you for the warm welcome everyone.

Yes, you might've seen me around talkbass amimbari, but I don't post around there much anymore and not under the same name. It's almost too huge a forum for me to enjoy.


ya, sometimes I get lost in the sea of righthanders playing "insert your bass brand here" threads, but being the minority over there playing lefty,playing inverted, AND using Jackson guitars, I get to see the bias against me ( OH THE THRILL OF IT ALL )  :mrgreen:

Tbird1958 turned me on to this board, and since then, I have met some more friends, some great discussions, and some awesome bass porn to check out--AND another outlet to show off a few videos to those who generally don't see people flipping guitars too often..... just out of curiosity since your already a lefty, did you ever try playing inverted on someones righty bass?


anyway....., in order to provide you with a proper welcome, here's a jam that many hundreds of people heard while walking onto center stage for almost 30 years, and this jam is to welcome you to the LastBassOutpost center stage, and hope you stick around for a while and contribute your experiences playing a birdFlipped.  ( I don't have the sheetmusic for that jam, so I just followed the chord changes and winged it )




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Gibson Basses / Re: Lefthanded bassplayers playing Thunderbirds.
« on: February 21, 2009, 09:04:25 PM »
very nice dude! I think I saw you around somewhere else with that same pic somewhere.

I "should" flip the strings on my epi,  but... I'll leave that one for you  :mrgreen:

glad you finally posted, and welcome to thread of flipped birdPlayers.

even though I play my flipped rightyBird, like a rightyBird :)


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Gibson Basses / Re: Lefthanded bassplayers playing Thunderbirds.
« on: February 18, 2009, 02:41:08 PM »
thanks Barkless....lefty's are many now a days but....

I have yet to find another inverted amateur "BASS" player who plays this way normally/everyday, and is actually good at it...

do I gloat about being so alone, and do I appreciate being unique?

YEP :)

so let's recap:

#1 playing inverted? --insane to begin with
#2 playing a tbird inverted? -- I have ZERO neckdive issues with the button on the wing and a 2" nylon strap.
#3 ...uh, I can't swear here so let's forget about #3

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Gibson Basses / Re: Lefthanded bassplayers playing Thunderbirds.
« on: February 18, 2009, 04:40:15 AM »
ya I saw them, as nice as they are.....but I just don't have 1/2 a grand  :-\

one of these days I'll own a REAL lefty, but for now, I just make do with the flipped guitars, since a real lefty would have the G string on the bottom, which is opposite of what I normally play, and would be confusing to go back and forth with a lefty/righty guitar......


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Gibson Basses / Re: Lefthanded bassplayers playing Thunderbirds.
« on: February 17, 2009, 07:38:20 AM »
Quote from: Stjofön Big on February 17, 2009, 02:48:34 AM
Yep, plus thumb, palm, and elbow! Looking forward to it!!! ;)
well if you think about it, we all use our thumb and palm in our playing....in FACT the elbow does come into play on that perfect angle we all look for to comfortably hold our arms over the guitar body.

now you did forget about the wrist angle in relation to arm/elbow angle in relation to thumbs/fingers/palm angle in relation to neck shape and angle?

oh no, let's find a doctor....I think my arthritis is flaring up  :mrgreen:

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Gibson Basses / Re: Lefthanded bassplayers playing Thunderbirds.
« on: February 16, 2009, 12:43:21 PM »
Quote from: Stjofön Big on February 16, 2009, 12:25:26 PM
Hey, man! If my eyes don't deceive me, your left hands little finger is out of work! What will be next to come? What's the world coming to?  ;)
hahaha, well it is being used...like an animal with a long tail, I use it for balancing the other 3 fingers while they are moving at near-lightspeed  :mrgreen:

I guess next speedmetal jam will have to use ALL 4 fingers??

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Gibson Basses / Re: Lefthanded bassplayers playing Thunderbirds.
« on: February 16, 2009, 08:28:10 AM »
Since it has been a while, I thought I would resurrect this thread with another "lefthanded tbird player" video again, since I am actually playing one of my birds this time.....

yes I SOMEDAY will have a REAL lefty-bird, but for now, it's got to stay with flipped-birds for now  ;D




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Other Bass Brands / Re: Lawsuit era experts, Is this an Ibanez?
« on: February 02, 2009, 02:51:35 PM »
I'm always surprised this no-namer got the 4 saddles bridge and not the 2 like so many others. either way I like it cause it is pretty, even if it NEVER makes it to a stage.

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Other Bass Brands / Re: here's some "P" basses for the "other" topic area gang
« on: January 28, 2009, 10:59:07 AM »
Quote from: uwe on January 28, 2009, 10:06:41 AM
It's heartwarming to find that there is someone else out there who - like me - puts completist satisfaction above any esthetic criteria. Eighties atrocities rule!
after about 100 posts i read where your particpating, I know you have and have had a lot of stuff in your day.

atrocities? not unless they were all crackle-finishes or spatter paintjobs   ;D  ( I never see those around anymore in mass quantities )

or the Fusion/Eliminator weirdo's they tried in vain to sell...

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Other Bass Brands / here's some "P" basses for the "other" topic area gang
« on: January 28, 2009, 08:17:52 AM »
here's a family pic of my P basses.

"P" to me means pointy headstock NOT Fender precision copies :mrgreen: ;D

left to right - model 3,1,4,1,2 -- the whole Charvel "B" series in one place with a "spare"..

( the model 4 was a killer to find )




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Other Bass Brands / Re: Lawsuit era experts, Is this an Ibanez?
« on: January 15, 2009, 09:55:34 AM »
Quote from: Saf on January 13, 2009, 03:57:49 PM
those pick ups are used in lot's of old japanese basses. I just one in my homebuilt bass. And have I think another 4 or 5 lying around. I really love the sound of them.
I also have an old 70's Matsumoku Jazzclone ( branded "Scott") that uses the same pup's, and yep, they sound really good for what they are.... I took the covers off so you can see...




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Gibson Basses / Re: Lefthanded bassplayers playing Thunderbirds.
« on: January 13, 2009, 04:30:08 PM »
Quote from: Saf on January 13, 2009, 04:26:27 PM
I used to play an musicmaster upside down I think it looks great. or a single cut archtop bass with the cutaway on the uperside I like it.
uh-huh, "SOME" look cool flipped, not "every" one  ;) I had a generic EB/SG looking bass, and the equal length horns were always my favorite.

 

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Gibson Basses / Re: Lefthanded bassplayers playing Thunderbirds.
« on: January 13, 2009, 04:23:18 PM »
Quote from: Saf on January 13, 2009, 04:02:42 PM
Every bass looks cool upside - down.
although I want to believe that.... I watch myself on video and even I have to laugh cause the normal fenderish looking dual horn basses I have are turned over and just SO weird it isn't cool, it is just plain weird. however if YOU think it looks cool ....thank you. ;D

the Bird's "horn" is a lot more subtle, so in that I do agree...s.u.p.e.r.c.o.o.l  8)

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