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(05-01-2012, 11:17 PM)HairOfTheDog Wrote: (05-01-2012, 11:11 PM)FAHQTOO Wrote: I swear if I get that stupid DF song stuck in my head before I go to bed, I'm gonna kick MFs wife right in the purse.
It's trying to creep up on me, but so far it hasn't won.
Let's push DF right out of the mental picture. Think of Jimi Hendrix, Purple Haze or even doing the Star Spangled Banner - making the guitar literallly sing the words. Jimi was a leftie who played an altered right-handed guitar.
![[Image: 220px-JimiHendrix2.jpg]](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/c/cb/JimiHendrix2.jpg/220px-JimiHendrix2.jpg)
It wasn't altered, he played it upside down.
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(05-02-2012, 06:20 AM)ramseycat Wrote: Ma, do you ever sleep? It seems like you are here all the time.
I have an odd sleep schedule, I'll admit.
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(05-02-2012, 07:56 AM)Ma Huang Sor Wrote: (05-02-2012, 06:20 AM)ramseycat Wrote: Ma, do you ever sleep? It seems like you are here all the time.
I have an odd sleep schedule, I'll admit.
What part of the country do you live in? You know, in case I want to stalk you. Or try to get you to marry me. I am desperate according to some. 
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Stalking me is very easy, you get 32,500,321 google items if you search my name. Everything you could ever need or want to know 
I live in Vermont. My sleep schedule is just weird. Haven't ever been able to sleep 8 hours straight in my life so Im often nocturnal for an hour or two.
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Gotcha.
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For most things I can use both hands, I can switch between hands for almost anything except writing.
We need to punish the French, ignore the Germans and forgive the Russians - Condoleezza Rice.
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(05-02-2012, 07:55 AM)Ma Huang Sor Wrote:
It wasn't altered, he played it upside down.
Altered, meaning the strings were reversed.
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(05-02-2012, 07:57 AM)ramseycat Wrote: (05-02-2012, 07:56 AM)Ma Huang Sor Wrote: (05-02-2012, 06:20 AM)ramseycat Wrote: Ma, do you ever sleep? It seems like you are here all the time.
I have an odd sleep schedule, I'll admit.
What part of the country do you live in? You know, in case I want to stalk you. Or try to get you to marry me. I am desperate according to some.
Aren't we all? 
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(05-02-2012, 10:38 AM)HairOfTheDog Wrote: (05-02-2012, 07:55 AM)Ma Huang Sor Wrote:
It wasn't altered, he played it upside down.
Altered, meaning the strings were reversed.
Hair splitter
Hendrix used right-handed guitars, turned upside down and restrung for left-hand playing. This had an important effect on his guitar sound: because of the slant of the Strat's bridge pickup, his lowest string had a bright sound while his highest string had a mellow sound, the opposite of the Stratocaster's intended design. Heavy use of the tremolo bar necessitated frequent tuning; Hendrix often asked the audience for a "minute to tune up", as heard on many live bootlegs of his performances.
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I saw him 6 times at Boston Tea Party, once with Band of Gypsies, and at Woodstock.
Best guitarist ever.
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The nut on his guitar had to be changed also so the guitar would have been considered altered in most cases.
those pesky groves in the nut are a problem when you invert the strings.
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(05-02-2012, 11:57 AM)Ma Huang Sor Wrote: I saw him 6 times at Boston Tea Party, once with Band of Gypsies, and at Woodstock.
Best guitarist ever.
It was sad how he died and stuff.
Oh, I am left handed by the way. But, I play the guitar and softball right handed.
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International Left Hander Day is August 13 th
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