"Tim" wrote in message
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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

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"