Hello from Canada

[Ricky Daion]

Hi everybody. As the title says I'm from Canada. Western Canada to be exact. I've been playing bass for the last 37 years and have enjoyed pretty much every minute. I was thrown into the fire (playing pro) 2 months after picking up the bass so I was hooked on playing live early on.

I'm a lefty and I string the bass upside down. I'm finding out through the internet that I'm not the only one that does it so I don't feel as alone as I used to lol.

Currently I use a Jazz mim and a Schecter Extreme as my go to basses. I run them through a Mesa M6 Carbine with a Mesa 4x10 PH and a 1x15 PH (if needed). The sound is imho killer. I also use a Sansamp programmable pedal and sometimes a Boss chorus(rarely).

The live music scene in Edmonton (hometown) is quite strong so we play about 35 to 40 gigs a year on the weekends. I play in a power trio (classic rock).

I'm looking forward to chatting and seeing all of the rigs and basses everybody is running. Attached is a pic of my bands stage set up.

[SpondonBassed]

Welcome Ricky.

[Daz39]

Hey there!

[markstuk]

Welcome..

[bobbytodd]

hi

[tredders]

Welcome. I love Canada. Just tell me you're not an Oilers fan

[Ricky Daion]

[quote name='tredders' timestamp='1473019278' post='3126170']
Welcome. I love Canada. Just tell me you're not an Oilers fan
[/quote]I'm an Oilers fan through and through. Now I will troll you mercilessly. You're not a Flames fan per chance?

Edited September 4, 2016 by Ricky Daion

[tredders]

[quote name='Ricky Daion' timestamp='1473020814' post='3126191']
I'm an Oilers fan through and through. Now I will troll you mercilessly. You're not a Flames fan per chance?
[/quote]

Leafs. I know, I know....

[Ricky Daion]

[quote name='tredders' timestamp='1473020893' post='3126193']
Leafs. I know, I know....
[/quote] I'll take it easy on you then...for now.

[Marc S]

Hi Ricky, and welcome to basschat

You know what? I thought I was alone, as a left-hander, who plays a right handed bass, strung the way a right handed person would...
But after joining this forum, and discussing the topic, I found I was far from alone

A short while later, I got married (not because I joined BC, you understand ) and I played at our wedding, along with 2 other bass players, both of whom I then realised were also left handed, and played a right handed bass

I'm sure you are also far from alone

Cheers

Edited September 6, 2016 by Marc S

[SpondonBassed]

I know what it's like. I first started with my left handed friend's bass. I'd play it as a right hander. I turned things around when I finally decided to buy one for myself and found it okay after a bit of self-adjustment.

Now I can dress on either side with relative ease. Heeheehee.

[Ricky Daion]

Thanks for the warm welcome everybody. Upside down lefties unite!

[SpondonBassed]

Trust me to be the only upside down rightie. Cuh! Never mind. Mind you, I saw one other player playing from the RH position with a bass strung the other way. I often wondered if a technical advantage could be had from playing with the strings reversed.

Do you ever study your hand technique in a mirror? Wow, that [i]would[/i] be freaky.

[discreet]

Belated welcome!

[Ricky Daion]

Thanks discreet

[MuddBass]

Hi from across the pond