What Affects the Playability of a Guitar the Most For You?
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Oinkus
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Just want to point out that the Jackson JS series are the worst guitars they make , 100% garbage. Having played some horrible guitars for long periods of time I guess it really doesn't matter to me what, where , why or how. More important to me the guitar is that it is setup properly and had regular maintenance. Can't stand to touch a filthy, rusted string that has years of accumulated nastiness.
Just want to point out that the Jackson JS series are the worst guitars they make , 100% garbage. Having played some horrible guitars for long periods of time I guess it really doesn't matter to me what, where , why or how. More important to me the guitar is that it is setup properly and had regular maintenance. Can't stand to touch a filthy, rusted string that has years of accumulated nastiness.
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^ They're stingy with the "Original Sin" DNA until you get to the mid-level stuff.
^ They're stingy with the "Original Sin" DNA until you get to the mid-level stuff.
DreX
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It's funny to see most people here even admit that anything makes one guitar less playable than another. A couple months back there was a thread in which many posters claimed to be proficient enough to play any style on an guitar, regardless of setup, saying that for example, a bass guitar has super high action and super huge strings compared to any electric guitar, and they could play bass guitar fine, therefore they could play any electric just fine. So... LOL
I said it at the time, but I'll say it again, a good reason to have several guitars with various setups is so that you won't go out of practice with heavy strings or light strings, high action or low action. What you can do with one, you can't necessarily do with another. You have a bag of tricks for low action and another for high action, IME. For the most part, the biggest practical difference is whether or not I can reasonably bend a given string at least two steps or not. If not, I have to switch up my style quite a bit.
It's funny to see most people here even admit that anything makes one guitar less playable than another. A couple months back there was a thread in which many posters claimed to be proficient enough to play any style on an guitar, regardless of setup, saying that for example, a bass guitar has super high action and super huge strings compared to any electric guitar, and they could play bass guitar fine, therefore they could play any electric just fine. So... LOL
I said it at the time, but I'll say it again, a good reason to have several guitars with various setups is so that you won't go out of practice with heavy strings or light strings, high action or low action. What you can do with one, you can't necessarily do with another. You have a bag of tricks for low action and another for high action, IME. For the most part, the biggest practical difference is whether or not I can reasonably bend a given string at least two steps or not. If not, I have to switch up my style quite a bit.
Demanic
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As I recall, I said that since I play bass, I have no problem bending strings that are considered to be of a heavy gauge on a guitar. Which is why, conversely, light strings always seem mushy and uncomfortable to me.
As I recall, I said that since I play bass, I have no problem bending strings that are considered to be of a heavy gauge on a guitar. Which is why, conversely, light strings always seem mushy and uncomfortable to me.
koshikas
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+1. i remember being held down by most the factors discussed here at one time or the other since started playing, and the more i played guitars with these alien qualities the more i got over them. However i think we all have our thresholds for neck width/thickness, string gauges
+1. i remember being held down by most the factors discussed here at one time or the other since started playing, and the more i played guitars with these alien qualities the more i got over them. However i think we all have our thresholds for neck width/thickness, string gauges
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I can make music on a guitar with a Floyd Rose bridge, and no strings, provided it's got a stainless steel bar and is plugged in.
I can make music on a guitar with a Floyd Rose bridge, and no strings, provided it's got a stainless steel bar and is plugged in.
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I do not claim to be proficient, but I am fortunate to have a wide variety of guitars right now, and I make it a point to rotate between ones with wide, flat boards (a LP R9; a Prestige Musician Pro), and ones with narrower, shaped boards (a Strat; An ASAT). I think that variety helps a person play cleaner. It forces you to pay attention to your fingering, even with riffs that you think you have down.
For me the biggest no-no is action that is too high. If that is the case, I am going to lower it. I cannot or will not adapt.
I do not claim to be proficient, but I am fortunate to have a wide variety of guitars right now, and I make it a point to rotate between ones with wide, flat boards (a LP R9; a Prestige Musician Pro), and ones with narrower, shaped boards (a Strat; An ASAT). I think that variety helps a person play cleaner. It forces you to pay attention to your fingering, even with riffs that you think you have down.
For me the biggest no-no is action that is too high. If that is the case, I am going to lower it. I cannot or will not adapt.
