Look at the strings on both pictures I posted above and you'll understandI do believe you, that he typically played in a traditional low E string on top manner. So there are no reasons why it would "present some different chord fingerings and lead possibilities". So again: Paul McCartney does play the guitar the conventional way With the low E on top. I don't think you read or understood what everyone has said so far. Look at the strings on both pictures I posted above and you'll understand Unlike McCartney, Jimmåliff's does not play the guitar the conventional way. IF you want to see a guy who ALWAYS plays a real flipped guitar and must use different voicings and techniques like you said. Think it through, if it offered some incredible benefit, everyone would be doing it.I don't think you read or understood what everyone has said so far. Just wondering if the flipped guitar influenced any of his leads. Just like alternate tunings, playing the guitar flipped has got to present some different chord fingerings and lead possibilities. One of my greatest musician life pleasure. They always hand me back my guitar with a miserably embarrassed look on their face. I always say "oh yeah man here we go".there is usually a 5 minute silence during which the dude tries to comprehend what is happening and why the strings and body are just not the way they should. My favorite thing about being a lefty: you are gigging somewhere and the usual semi-drunk dude asks to try your instrument. A few that come to mind: Jimmy Cliff, bassist Jim Haslip, bassist Mononeon. In other hand, there are some lefty players who do play with regular right-handed guitars played upside-down (low E at the bottom). This photo is not clear enough to see if the guitar is strung lefty or normally tuned but I am sure Paul could also play a few stuff upside down occasionally. In my case, I can play all the basic chords, bar chords and power chords upside-down. In addition, when you are lefty, by necessity, you always learn a few licks or chords upside-down, just in case you borrow a friend's right-handed guitar (let's say you are in the studio and you borrow your friend George Harrisson's telecaster). A lot of Paul's acoustic guitars of the Beatles era were converted right-handed guitars. On an acoustic, a luthier must change the compensated bridge to avoid intonation issues. BTW, You can only do that on an electric guitar with individually adjusting bridge. The challenge was that at the time, in the 60's, lefty instruments were hard to come by and this is why Hendrix played on a right handed body with flipped strings. It is just a mirror version of a right handed guitar (look at yourself holding your guitar in the mirror and you'll see Paul McCartney). First of all, like Jimmy Hendrix, Paul played with guitars and basses strung "lefty" with the low E on top.
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