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    Quote Originally Posted by Marty Grass
    The guitar is important, but it's 98% the guitarist from the audience perspective. You would sound great with a Gibson Melody Maker.

    The guitar makes a bigger difference to the player than the listener. Holding and playing the instrument can be a wonderful, transcending experience.
    Well said and, IMHO, absolutely on target. It's the musician.

    Tony D.

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    Both MG and Joe are correct. The musician makes the music. However, the instrument inspires the musician.

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    Totally Agree.
    However, my materialistic ass really enjoys looking down seeing a nice "dream" guitar on my lap. It makes me play better.
    And I will stand by this until the end. There are multiple reasons the high end stuff became and continues to be high end. The 1st time I picked up and then played an L5, I thought I died and went to heaven.

    I can pretty much be smitten with any guitar if I spend enough time with it. But - Rattles, Creaky pickguards, Electrical noise and inconsistently bad intonation are the things that push me away from certain guitars, and affect the quality of music I can make with them.

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    I am in complete agreement with Joe, here. What I really like is consistent intonation up and down the neck and from string to string. Also, I like the dynamic response--volume and attack--to be the same from string to string and up and down the neck. Tone, too.

    To me, a really good Johnny Smith is almost unbeatable in these regards. This will pull the very best playing out of you.