Shredding on Ed Sullivan

[hippietim]

http://www.littlestevensundergroundg...f/dickdale.wmv

[HeWhoIs]

Re: Shredding on Ed Sullivan

Did he string his guitar upside down?? [img]graemlins/brow.gif[/img]

[RacerX]

Re: Shredding on Ed Sullivan

Yeah, he plays left-handed but with the strings "upside down"...

http://www.dickdale.com/history.html

"The minute Dale picked up the guitar, Leo Fender broke into uncontrolled laughter and disbelief, he was watching Dale play a right handed guitar upside down and backwards, Dale was playing a right handed guitar left handed and changing the chords in his head then transposing the chords to his hands to create a sound never heard before."

Yes, I'm confused too... [img]images/icons/tongue.gif[/img]

[Black Mariah]

Re: Shredding on Ed Sullivan

It's not that confusing. The extra brainpower overhead isn't as much as you'd think it is. It's convincing your hands to cooperate that's the problem. [img]graemlins/laugh.gif[/img]

[tmdiamond]

Re: Shredding on Ed Sullivan

The rhythm player in the band I play lead for plays like Dale. He's a lefty but he uses a right handed guitar strung as if a righty was playing it. He just flips it over and frets notes and chords with his right hand. Plus, he's a damn good lead player even with the odd technique. Last show we played, he used my KE-2. Looked like he was playing a reverse head Kelly, upside down. I've got a few pics of him using it. I oughtta post 'em.