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Your hands are telling you what you need and want to be expressive. It's an instrument that you use to tap into your own music. If it's a tele, then don't sweat the Gibson, it's not for you now.
My feeling is that what fits you now is going to be the companion that takes you to places a lesser fit can't.
When and if you feel you've outgrown what you feel good with now, you'll know it and you can ask yourself this question again then.
Sometimes staying with something you feel is right for you enables you to commit to the music, and now worry about making yourself fit to the instrument.
You're lucky to have found a good match. Take advantage of that and run with it.
That's my feeling anyway.
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04-29-2021 05:41 PM
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Thanks for the responses guys! I think I made this post in frustration, cause unsurprisingly, it only took a few days of playing my Gibson 20 - 30 minutes for it to feel alright again! So I guess I'll keep it around for another while
It's my most valuable guitar, at least monetarely, and prices has been going up alot last couple of years, so I'm probably in no hurry.
I made a video with it that I posted in the show case forum. Check it out if yoy like some Howard Roberts Fusion action!
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Originally Posted by Northenlights
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Very pretty guitar, N!
Play live . . . Marinero
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Very nice playing! The suggestion to rotate your various guitars is a good one. You've proven the point of giving yourself time to adjust to long scale vs. short scale. Every guitar has its idiosyncrasies, feel and tone.
Speaking of 25.5 scale Gibsons, the Chet Atkins model is another.
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Yes, if you are not happy with them. I sold my last Gibs back in the 80s and never looked back.
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Originally Posted by EllenGtrGrl
I've always wanted to try one of the earlier models! They seem to have had a slightly darker sunburst, and they look great with a TOM bridge.
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Originally Posted by Northenlights
Last edited by EllenGtrGrl; 05-04-2021 at 07:03 AM.
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For the same reason you are uncomfortable with the Gibson semi, I'm uncomfortable playing Fender Tele and Strats. It wasn't always like this, I was comfortable with most anything as long as I spent the time with them.
Nowadays, arthritis has reduced my playing time substantially and the little I am able to play I can't split between the two. Northernlights, it's good to see you spending time with the HRF, that's one of very few I'd choose should I have the need to select among what I have.
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Originally Posted by Stringswinger
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Originally Posted by Woody Sound
Developing an Individual Style
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