ralexander -> Selling other guitars to focus on flamenco (Sep. 27 2010 14:06:42)
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This is one of those "good problems" to have, I suppose [:)] I have been playing guitar for about 17 years, with a focus on fingerstyle the past 7 yrs or so. I've just started studying flamenco a few months ago, and I can already feel that I would like to dedicate most if not all my time to developing my flamenco techniques. I already have a nice blanca, but lately I have been thinking of jumping in with both feet and selling off my last steel string guitar to buy a negra. In some way, I feel like I'm perpetuating some bad habits/techniques when I play the steel string (ie wrapping the thumb of the fretting hand over the neck). My blanca feels foreign if I have been playing the SS and vice versa. I want to get to the point where I really connect and feel comfortable with the flamenco in my lap, and in some ways I think the SS is preventing that. I don't really know what I'm looking for in terms of advice here. Who else here plays other styles of guitar, and how do you feel it affects your flamenco?
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