I have long held a theory that there are 3 types of guitarist -Sassafrass added a 4th...
A) The Guitar Keeper - the physical guitar is their THING. For example, they are excited by a 10 top, and horrified by a logo change (see 2015 Les Paul). They own lots of guitars.
The Guitar Player - the playing of the guitar is their THING. For example, they are excited by putting a new neck or new pickup on a Tele for how it will affect their playing, and horrified that no-one appreciates how well their mongrel beaten-up partscaster plays and mystified why no-one will bid for it. They own several guitars including 'projects'.
C) The Guitar Musician - the music/performance is their THING. For example, they are excited by the solo they play in that song in the set that gets the audience going, and horrified that their loved one bought them that superb and really expensive guitar that they can never gig because its just too valuable. They'd have preferred a slightly bigger old car to squeeze their gear into on Saturday night. They own few guitars.
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@Sassafras added a 4th category: "those ones that keep buying gear in the hope it will make them sound better rather than concentrating on their playing which can sometimes be really shit."
Which one are you? I know many will say a mixture but which one is your main trait? Have I missed one or two types? Am I talking bollocks? Is Sassafras?
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I like putting the right set of pickups in, refinishing an guitar, or changing looms but have no desire to have a partsacaster.
I'm definatley not C as I don't perform apart from to an audience of my iguana who lives in my guitar room
Supportact said: [my style is] probably more an accumulation of limitations and bad habits than a 'style'.
My music:- https://soundcloud.com/hubobulous
Who knew.
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Though I can play the intro to Sweet Child O Mine so that makes me awesome.