Talk:Otis Rush
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Influence on Santana
editIn Carlos Santana's book (The Universal Tone), he talks a lot about how much of an influence Otis Rush was for him. He loved his sound, saw him play as a young man and got to know him as well. Possibly Santana could be included in the first paragraph along with Green, Bloomfield and Clapton. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2600:1700:6840:4FB0:DD7B:20C4:6D10:8AB (talk) 15:51, 12 April 2022 (UTC)
left-handed
editThe article says "Rush is left-handed and, unlike many left-handed guitarists, plays a right-handed instrument upside-down without restringing it." That is probably true in general, but the photo of him shows a left-handed guitar with the strings like a right-handed guitar, not an upside-down right-handed guitar (although the strings are the same). Bubba73 (talk), 04:55, 3 July 2008 (UTC)
- Yes, you're right. I'd say the most important point is that he plays guitars strung for the right-handed holding them upside down.(with the low strings down and the high strings up)
- Sometimes he plays right-handed guitars, and other times left-handed ones, and I don't think that's really all that important. It doesn't affects his playing as far as I can tell. If you think the description is misleading, maybe you can rewrite it, but I personally don't feel the necessity to do so. What do you think? --Sumori (talk) 10:39, 3 July 2008 (UTC)
- Well, the important factors for a lefty are (1) which hand he picks with, and (2) if he picks with the left hand, which way he has the strings. So my comment is relatively unimportant.
- Incidentally, Otis Rush is listed in the article List of musicians who play left handed, which is currently nominated for deletion. Bubba73 (talk), 14:09, 3 July 2008 (UTC)
- I think the point is interesting, especially to someone researching guitar-playing techniques and setups. Can we sure the guitar he's playing in the photo is left-handed? It's easy to mount a left-handed pick guard. I have always thought of those double-cutaway Gibsons as being ambidexterous. He is definitely bending the high-E string by pulling down, like Albert King used to do. Rainbow-five (talk) 18:40, 13 September 2008 (UTC)
The guitar in the color photo is definitely a left-handed guitar, evidenced by the placement of the knobs. A right-handed guitar flipped over would have the knobs placed differently.
Jimi Hendrix reference
editHendrix played guitars strung for left handed players. I removed him from the list of upside-down and backwards players. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 98.30.54.16 (talk) 20:22, 21 February 2011 (UTC)