Don White wrote:
Eisboch wrote:
"Harry Krause" wrote in message
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On 12/8/2006 2:38 PM, JoeSpareBedroom wrote:

Tom, don't read this.

Others:
www.wolfgangsvault.com



Hot damn!



Pretty cool. Guess it's time to let Doug out of the bin.

Funny, I've been working on the guitar again, building the finger calluses,
then I sliced part of my left index fingertip off with a knife. So, I set
up the keyboard until it heals.

Thanks for the link.

Eisboch



I got thinking about my Takamine guitar a couple weeks ago. I went over
to the music store and bought a 'humidifier' for it but haven't gotten
around to finding distilled water yet. Wife says it should be at the
grocery store.
I did spend half an hour pickin' & strummin' two days in a row...just
enough to make my fingertips sore.
Also went to check out a Yamaha classical guitar. I'm still tempted to
pick one up hoping the wider spaced nylon strings will make shaping my
chords easier.

Don't do it unless you plan on playing classical guitar only. You've
got to be very accomplished in both to make a transition.

JoeSpareBedroom wrote:
"Tim" wrote in message
ups.com...

Eisboch wrote:
Unless you like the sound of the nylon strings, I'd stay with steel. I
know
I developed bad habits playing a nylon stringed guitar.

I use a Yamaha acoustic 6 string to practice because it's handy and
easier
than setting up the electric (Gibson). I also have a Taylor 12 string
that
Mrs.E. bought for me a couple of years ago. I'll drag that one out after
my
fingers are in better shape. Right now they are stiff and uncooperative
due
to a long absence of practice.

Eisboch


Interesting.

I'd much rather play my Yamaha 12, than any of my 6's. To me it's more
comfortable, with the wide neck, and you lay your fingers down on 2
strings, I describe it like the two strings are like railroad tracks,
instad fo one thin string similar to razor wire.

My classical is fun too, especially when picking jazz type stuff.


Wow. Personal preferences are different. I'm googling now for the white
paper on this subject.
Now THAT'S funny!

Eisboch wrote:
Unless you like the sound of the nylon strings, I'd stay with steel. I know
I developed bad habits playing a nylon stringed guitar.



Really? how so?

I prefer wide neck guitars. Seeing I play (90% of the time) 5-string
bass, a 6-string guitar neck just feels too thin (YMMV).

Besides what I've already mentioned, that's just more reasonwhy I
prefer a nylon'd clacsical, or a 12-string....

Besides what I've already mentioned, that's just more reasonwhy I
prefer a nylon'd clacsical, or a 12-string....

Rats! I should have corrected my horrible typing!

"Tim" wrote in message
oups.com...

Eisboch wrote:
Unless you like the sound of the nylon strings, I'd stay with steel. I
know
I developed bad habits playing a nylon stringed guitar.



Really? how so?

I prefer wide neck guitars. Seeing I play (90% of the time) 5-string
bass, a 6-string guitar neck just feels too thin (YMMV).


That's what I mean. After playing your bass, a regular guitar didn't feel
right. I had a classical Spanish nylon guitar for a while ... the type
with the huge body and wide neck. I got it because I wasn't playing one
much and the strings were easier on the fingers. When I tried going back to
a Fender electric, my fingers just got in the way of each other.

I suppose for a serious guitarist who plays all the time, the transition is
not difficult, but I am far from a serious guitarist. More of a hum and
strum type.

Eisboch

Tim wrote:
Eisboch wrote:
Unless you like the sound of the nylon strings, I'd stay with steel. I know
I developed bad habits playing a nylon stringed guitar.



Really? how so?

I prefer wide neck guitars. Seeing I play (90% of the time) 5-string
bass, a 6-string guitar neck just feels too thin (YMMV).

Besides what I've already mentioned, that's just more reasonwhy I
prefer a nylon'd clacsical, or a 12-string....

If steel strings feel like "razor wire" to your fingers, you must not
play very much. I can play any one of my guitars for hours, all have
steel stings in various gauges.

Eisboch wrote:
That's what I mean. After playing your bass, a regular guitar didn't feel
right. I had a classical Spanish nylon guitar for a while ... the type
with the huge body and wide neck. I got it because I wasn't playing one
much and the strings were easier on the fingers. When I tried going back to
a Fender electric, my fingers just got in the way of each other.

I suppose for a serious guitarist who plays all the time, the transition is
not difficult, but I am far from a serious guitarist. More of a hum and
strum type.

Eisboch

Me too. I'll get a serious bug occasionally, but I've never taken
guitar seriously. I mean, REALLY seriously. Oh, I can pull some pretty
neat stuff on a 6 string, but I'll never be the next Joe Pass, or
Barney Kessel.

But yes, I'm basicly a "hum 'n strummer"