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My 5420 Gretsch was hard work at first, it's taken several months of regular playing, rehearsals etc to make it 'my' guitar. It 'likes' heavy-ish strings (for me at least) to go with the Bigsby, But my hand strength has gone up, and I now I only ever play that or my Dynasonic equipped Tele for anything other than workshop testing.
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Should've gone Thinline HH tele -> Les Paul
It can be quite nice getting out a guitar you haven’t played in a long time when you realise you’ve forgotten how good it is. But it can take a while to adjust to a guitar’s sound and feel compared to the one you played immediately before.
e.g. Spend long enough on a Fender 7¼" radius, then, change to a shred stick ITRO 14". The latter can momentarily feel concave.
It's all in the mind, you know.
I've sold guitars on because I didn't have the knowledge on how to tweak them to my liking.
I had a prs dgt for nearly ten years, it was a fabulous guitar. I couldn't get on with the string spacing. For my playing the top E kept slipping off. I held onto it as it was a grail guitar. And it was a pretty thing to look at.
These days I don't hold onto them for nowhere nearly that length of time. I don't like the term "keeper" as circumstances can change etc. I have a few guitars I'm fond of, and i would begrudge selling any of them.
Rotation is the key for me, sometimes time away from a guitar makes me appreciate it even more.
- because I’ve got something comparable but better sounding and/or playing in a trade.
- out of frustration, having spent months on them.
My trading feedback: https://www.thefretboard.co.uk/discussion/210335/yorkie
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My trading feedback: https://www.thefretboard.co.uk/discussion/210335/yorkie
Aside from work related playing I haven't touched a guitar since my double bass came into the house. And to say I didn't gel instantly with a great big, intimidating, musical wardrobe would be a huge understatement. But for all my sore fingers, frustrations with strings (ever contemplated paying £200-£500 for a set?) I am really getting to love the 'Blonde Bombshell'
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Then what happens, the instrument turns up only to discover that most instruments don't include any additional talent, or offer any further insight into song writing.
Once all the emotional chemicals in the brain are converted back into common sense particles, the instrument begins to feel friendly and can be enjoyed from there on.