The Muse I Adorn

I could not pass up the banjo, as any smart Ferengi knows. if one can find an instrument for $300-$400 less than a new one costs, The resell factor alone makes it worth the purchase. The awesome rep Deering has, plus how freaking cool is it to jam on a banjo? I haven't tried one since I was something like 8 years old at a neighbor's house and having even seen Roy Clark etc on TV. Something to be said about getting ALL forms of music in my DNA inmy formative years. I never tire of variety.
 
After a week on the tele, I've been alternating this weekend; trying to notice the differences and play some blues.

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The tele came with D'Addario EXL110 10-46, and the SG has EB Hybrid Slinky 9-46. I'm finding them both easy to play on. The Gibson neck feels much wider after switching from the tele. &, the Tele is easier to bend on; I'm falling off the bottom of the SG fretboard sometimes when playing around on a HighE bend/wiggle/stuff, but no such problem on the tele - it's just my terrible playing/control.

The LowE sounds massively thumpier on the Gibson - feels and sounds like two strings more width...

The tele pickups are around 7k (I think) whereas the SG P90s are only around 8k (perhaps...), but so much more output from the P90s. Both sound good. The frumpy SG (with half a tonne of lacquer...) is more than half a pound heavier than the tele (shouldn't that be the other way around in an ideal world?).

Oh, and the THR (you can just about make it out in the top right hand corner) is much more forgiving than the Cornell on random nasty string noise (as is the tele over the SG), so I suppose I'd better practice some muting and generally take more care with my technique. Or, just use the THR and play badly... :celebrate2:
 
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Mr Grumpy said:
After a week on the tele, I've been alternating this weekend; trying to notice the differences and play some blues.

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The tele came with D'Addario EXL110 10-46, and the SG has EB Hybrid Slinky 9-46. I'm finding them both easy to play on. The Gibson neck feels much wider after switching from the tele. &, the Tele is easier to bend on; I'm falling off the bottom of the SG fretboard sometimes when playing around on a HighE bend/wiggle/stuff, but no such problem on the tele - it's just my terrible playing/control.

The LowE sounds massively thumpier on the Gibson - feels and sounds like two strings more width...

The tele pickups are around 7k (I think) whereas the SG P90s are only around 8k (perhaps...), but so much more output from the P90s. Both sound good. The frumpy SG (with half a tonne of lacquer...) is more than half a pound heavier than the tele (shouldn't that be the other way around in an ideal world?).

Oh, and the THR (you can just about make it out in the top right hand corner) is much more forgiving than the Cornell on random nasty string noise (as is the tele over the SG), so I suppose I'd better practice some muting and generally take more care with my technique. Or, just use the THR and play badly... :celebrate2:
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I like the softer curves of the FGN body more than a traditional Fender Tele. That is a nice pair!
 
My muse has been sitting quietly by the roadside since I trashed my hand.
I just can't navigate a guitar neck or fretboard anymore.

But it hasn't stopped me from trying. This little stick in a box has helped me keep and hold on to my sanity.
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I had to recontour the neck heel so that my gimp hand can reach high enough for my ring finger & pinky to do their thing at the first couple of frets.
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My index finger has regained some motion, but is numb. I have little to no feeling in most of it.
It took a few months, but I can bar across these three pairs of strings with it, using my stump of a thumb behind the neck, and actually make some of the chords I used to play. Others I have to cheat at, with abbreviated and implied chords along with the melody.

Little by little I'm adjusting and adapting what I could not do, into what I CAN do.

Yep, my mishap last July has slowed me down considerably, but hasn't stopped me yet.:dood:

Long live the Muse!
 
Hackmaster said:
My muse has been sitting quietly by the roadside since I trashed my hand.
I just can't navigate a guitar neck or fretboard anymore.

But it hasn't stopped me from trying. This little stick in a box has helped me keep and hold on to my sanity.
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I had to recontour the neck heel so that my gimp hand can reach high enough for my ring finger & pinky to do their thing at the first couple of frets.
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My index finger has regained some motion, but is numb. I have little to no feeling in most of it.
It took a few months, but I can bar across these three pairs of strings with it, using my stump of a thumb behind the neck, and actually make some of the chords I used to play. Others I have to cheat at, with abbreviated and implied chords along with the melody.

Little by little I'm adjusting and adapting what I could not do, into what I CAN do.

Yep, my mishap last July has slowed me down considerably, but hasn't stopped me yet.:dood:

Long live the Muse!
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You are my champion of perspective brother. Rock on!
 
Hackmaster said:
Thanks Chili,
My own carelessness.
Last July I fed it to a hungry table saw. It's fine now except for missing and misshapen parts and a little tendon & nerve damage. :dood:
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I was afraid of that HACK. I have a buddy who is a tile contractor and 25 years ago when he was building his house, he sawed his hand clear across his palm on his left hand. The hand specialists got it all repaired, but it is still kind of in a permanent slight clench. Picture his incident as essentially opening his hand up like opening a book. SO glad he did not lose full use of it. You too.
 
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