Re: Play the damn thing!!!


"Cliff" <cliff@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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Sasquatch wrote:
I love to talk gear as much as the next guy but sometimes I think us
guitarists spend way too much time becomeing gearheads and not enough
time
using the TOOLS to create MUSIC. Most of the greats (or at least the ones
I
have read about) learned on crappy instruments. It does not matter what
you
play as long as it is playable. You can learn on it. The natural
progression
is to recognize the shortcomings of some of the beginner guitars and want
better gear but you might be amazed at some of the guitars that some pros
piddle around withat home. A friend of mine who played with one of the
great
music legends picks around on an old cheap Japanese Yamaha acoustic. Yeh,
he
has the Martins and the Custom Shop Fender Strats but they are for
recording
and gigging. That old Yamaha is his main squeeze. If you talk guitars
with
him he is all about talking about cool riffs, progressions, throwing a
mixolydian lick in a pentatonic minor solo for flavor, switching from the
scale to a chord tone lick, etc... If you try to talk gear with him it
does
not last long. And I think that is why he makes a living playing guitar.
Gear can be bought, sold, replaced, and upgraded all day long. The
ability
to play and jam with conviction and feel is something that only comes
with
immersing yourself in the art of playing. Not the gear.

And I'm guilty of it also. Sometimes I am too much of a gear head. I'm
going
to try to change my evil ways :)

Sasquatch

I can relate to your message. I've often though - "I need a new box to
help me sound like that". The truths usually - 10% new box, 90%
practice more!

Trouble is buying a box is so much easier that learning to play better,
you can't resist trying the easy option :-)

Cliff


And new gear is fun. And it can inspire more practice and give new ideas.
But it's only new for so long, and then the honeymoon is over. Then I know
if it is something I really needed or not.

Sasquatch


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