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Mark2 -> RE: Why is everyone so fussy???? (Oct. 7 2013 22:01:50)
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I've observed that there are guys who are obsessed with the idea of playing and they are the guys who have, or have had, a bunch of guitars, tried all the strings, stools, tuners, polishes, etc, and don't always play all that well.
Then there are guys who also obsess over what seem like trivial details, but THOSE guys are also really particular about their sound, their action, their intonation, the smallest details of their playing, and those characters are often really really good players.
There are guys who can play the crap out of a guitar for years and it's still spotless and cretins like me who have dropped guitars on the street, had them knocked off stands by waitresses, never polish them, let other players use them, and whose guitars look like they have been through WWIII. Some of those guys play well too.
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ORIGINAL: Lenador
I feel like I'm in the minority here so I'm probably going to get an earful for this but I feel like everyone is too fussy about their guitars. Experimenting with a million different strings. Using all kinds of fancy cleaning and polishing products. Playing accessories like sleeves, towels, stands. Exercise equipment?? I don't get it.....I understand rehab for an injury but beyond that I dunno........Granted my guitar is only about 1,000 bucks so how you store yours may differ but my guitar sits on my wall for 21 hours a day or so and the other 2-3 hours I'm just playing it. Once every couple of months I change the strings and give it a quick once over with a cloth, even this I put off till I REALLY have to cus I hate it, it takes away from playing time. Do I really need to do more then that to be a good player??? I kinda feel like all this is the equivalent of dudes in the electric world buying pedals to make themselves better players.......JUST PLAY THE DAMN THING!
Anyways, rant over, do your worst. [:D] lol
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