

You will be building tiny muscles and gaining flexibility and dexterity in your hand behind the scenes. Many times it will be the hard thing, but you'll never get to choose if you can only do one.īe okay with the fact that you'll feel like your hands are small when you can't do a stretch other people seem to do with ease. I would say it's much better to be capable of both and then choosing which one you like best. Holding the pick with more than your thumb and index finger.Only playing chords and voicings where smaller fingers are in front of big fingers.Not playing anything that requires your ring finger to move by itself.Don't strum on the upbeat before the next chord to give you time to change.Holding a pick correctly and dealing with it wanting to rotate.Changing chords cleanly while strumming.You're going to hit a lot of points, especially in the first year, where something is going to seem difficult. If you like playing on a smaller guitar, play on one! But I would offer a guideline that has helped me through the years when thinking something may be too challenging for me to learn.ĭo it the hard way first. So follow your heart, your fingers, and your ears, but hopefully these will give you a few new things There’s many more brands I could have mentioned, and I can’t overstate how subjective the sound and feel of an acoustic is.

Guild acoustics are often overlooked, but can be fantastic sounding instruments and are not too pricey. To me, they tend so sound brighter and more “HD” than other acoustics they have a decidedly modern sound
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Cool to see a pro using midlevel gear, and it’s quite an endorsement for their build quality and tone.Ī Taylor Big Baby and their other entry level models can be very nice as well. Apparently Matty from The 1975 shares my opinion as I was surprised to notice he also uses one as his main acoustic. I have one and choose it over an s6 as it just sounded huge and more akin to high-end acoustics than anything else in its price range to me. Not the flashiest guitars or the most storied legacy, but you really just can’t go wrong with one.Įpiphone Masterbilt. Yamahas, particularly those with solid tops. Other things in that range (or just a hair above) that are worth a look For what it’s worth though, I never thought of Seagull necks being that big, but what matters is how it fits in your hands.

Feel is so important and subjective enough that reviews only go so far. As others have said, finding a place to play one before you buy is a good way to approach guitar buying in general.
