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Location: Sunshine State, Australia | Originally posted by The Artist (FKA Richard):
In the past I mainly did "near enough is good enough" and then moved on to something else. The result was a lot of stuff that was passable, but nothing good. Thats where I'm at now. :rolleyes:
Actually, that's where I've been at for the last 5 years. :( |
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Location: New South Wales, Australia | Near enough is good enough -- she'll be right, mate....isn't that the attitude that made the land down under what it is today? |
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Location: Sunshine State, Australia | What? A land full of mediocre guitarists?  |
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| There's no need for you guys to beat yourselves up. That's what I'm here for. |
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Location: Denmark | I remember a similar experience with a bicycle. I once borrowed (WITH the owners permission) a bicycle for a 3km ride home. That short ride wore me out more than 75km on my racing bike and obviously my answer to the question is no. Train with the guitar on which you wish to be good and dont overstress the hand. It may lead to problems with tendons/tendon sheats. |
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Location: Budd Lake, NJ | From personal experience it is much less painful for me to play my O's--but all O's are not the same, either.
I measured Gertrude's neck against two others once, comparing the distance from fret-edge to fret-edge (the "U" part of the neck) and then across the actual frets; she was 1/8th of an inch narrower at the 12th fret than the one, and 1/4 of an inch than the other.
I play the ones that don't cause pain--Gertrude, Jewel and Jazzey.
--Karen |
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Location: North Carolina | Originally posted by muzza:
Is it good practise to have a P-O-S guitar to play occasionally to 'keep you honest'? More of a physical workout than 'practice'. Would that make me a better all-round player than to just play an 'easy' guitar all the time?
To answer the original question, I think not.
There have been periods when I didn't touch and acoustic for years, just played electric in a band. When I again picked up the acoustic, yeah it was a little tough for a few minutes but I adjusted quickly; i.e., I hadn't become "lazy" |
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Does playing an 'O' make you lazy?
