Andre 3000 plays Hendrix, "Right Handed"

[Shallow]

This is an outrage!!!!!!!!!!!!


I don't care if they do flip so it looks Left Handed, Andre not going to actually "play" anything he might as well fake it left handed instead of right.

[Suffice]

dude, usually when u post an opinion about something, you let people know what you're talking about first, then reflect on that.

[GangstaBoogy]

^ha. really

[NobodyButMe]

dude, usually when u post an opinion about something, you let people know what you're talking about first, then reflect on that.

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word.

[Adam Donnelly]

Thats Bull Shit
How can they make a film that will probably cost Millions and they dont have him playing left handed
Do they want it to look real or what ?

[Diabolical]

dude, usually when u post an opinion about something, you let people know what you're talking about first, then reflect on that.

The title kinda does that.

[MANBEARPIG.]

wait till the movie comes out before you bitch and complain about it.

[Trauma-san]

First off, do you know what you're talking about?

History Lesson:

When Hendrix first went into the military, he sold his guitar (pawned it).  IN the military, he went down to a bar all the time, and the guys used to let him play (because he'd beg them)... but they wouldn't let him restring their guitar, so he'd play it right handed.  He could even play it upside down, left handed, with the bass string on the bottom.  Guy was a genius, he played right handed sometimes... so maybe it was just a certain scene they shot where he played right handed.  You won't know what's going on until they release the movie.  

[Shallow]

Jimi  "could" also play with his teeth. The point is if you watch many of the performances, one of his trademarks was that he played a right handed guitar upside down in his early days. According to the article on mtv.com Andre will play right handed and then the screen will be flipped to appear he is playing left handed, also making it look like a left handed guitar. There fore it will not be a right handed guitar played upside down like I've seen Jimi play so many times.

[Now_Im_Not_Banned]

So what...If the movie makes it appear that he's playing left handed, then that's good enough.

[Trauma-san]

Jimi  "could" also play with his teeth. The point is if you watch many of the performances, one of his trademarks was that he played a right handed guitar upside down in his early days. According to the article on mtv.com Andre will play right handed and then the screen will be flipped to appear he is playing left handed, also making it look like a left handed guitar. There fore it will not be a right handed guitar played upside down like I've seen Jimi play so many times.

There's nothing wrong with that.  I'm left handed, and play guitar right handed.  If I had to play like Hendrix, I'd be fucked.  


BTW, It's actually more correct than you think.  In order for Andre to play where it appears he's playing like Jimi, after it's flipped, he'll have to play a LEFT handed guitar, flipped backwards, and strung right handed.  Jimi's headstock was upside down when he played; so for it to look right, Andre will actually have to play a lefty guitar right handed - since he's right handed naturally, he'll be playing with the same limitations (an upside down guitar) as jimi.  They actually make a guitar like that, btw, because you have to switch the bridge and nut out to get the strings to fit right... there's a hendrix edition strat that's made upside down like that, that's probably what Andre's got.  

[Trauma-san]

Oh, BTW, this also puts the Whammy bar on the top... Jimi used to bend his really crazy to get it to work right.  So, what's wrong with Andre playing a lefty upside down and then mirror it so it looks just like Jimi's? I don't see a problem.  

[Shallow]

I'd understand if Andre actually "played" in the movie, but I think its fair to say that he is going to be playing the equivolent to air guitar axcept with an actual guitar in hand, ( he'd be doing Jimi's legacy a great injustice if he really played).

Why can't he just "pretend" to play with his left hand and save a lot of editing time.

[Trauma-san]

Do you play guitar?  You can't do that, I couldn't convincingly play backwards from what I've learned.  Andre probably plays guitar (he seems like the type), and *CAN'T play it backwards.  It's harder to play backwards after you've learned how to play the other way, then it is if you've never even picked up a guitar before.  

[Shallow]

He isn't really playing, if worse comes to worse tey can always use someone else for extreme close-ups of the hands.