gj Michelob -> RE: Guitar help (Jan. 30 2009 9:44:58)
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Just as a general commentary to this thread and human nature: it is interesting how sometimes we seek advice from others with no real intention to follow any of it, unless it seconds our desires. We typically are stubbornly settled on our original decision, before we seek the advice and very little and equally rarely will dissuade us. People invest, take jobs, enter contracts, get married or divorce, even against advice they pay for. My files are regrettably full of letters having clients acknowledge that “we disagreed with the client’s decision” to protect ourselves from a client’s unaffected choice we estimate he will regret. I am no exception, either. But this page has a lot of interesting information one should treasure. Doitsujin’s frank confession that he wouldn’t hesitate to remain recalcitrant about any “weakness” of his guitar, should alarm many, but he is not suggesting anything egregiously extraordinary; in fact, I fear it is the unfortunate conduct. But it does or should alarm one to approach matters with a dash of mercantile malice. Instruments are getting increasingly expensive. Our petty attachment to brands and labels does fuel the inflation. But there are, should one dedicate enough effort to research, phenomenal instruments not burdened by the mark-ups of success or marketing. Ultimately, I believe that the guitar which will feel and sound best to each of us is the one we are willing to work with, adjust the action, choose appropriate strings, and play relentlessly so to learn how to husband its resources. Hence, Santiago, give her a few dedicated months before finally assessing what you have in your hands.
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