Aspies For Freedom

Hello,

I'm selling my guitar, I've attempted to learn and have failed.  If any of you are interested in buying from me you can look at it at:

http://www.thezach.net/store

Instead of quitting guitar, you may also want to look into a gison style guitar that has a flatter fretboard radius, (12") as well as a 24.75" neck scale. Fender guitars can be a bit more difficult to play because of the 25.5" scale length as well as the (usually) 7.5" fretboard radius.

Also, many guitars are shipped with light guage strings,( Lightest string is .010") I personally like Super Light guage strings which start at .009". --Although the differances mentioned seem trivial, they make a surprising amount of differance.

I sit true that you sold your guitar and bought a car?
It's true

Rent refernces for the win

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The first thing I thought of when seeing this thread was "blasphemy", have you tried getting proper tuition instead of trying to self-teach? Learning an instrument is near impossible without a mentor.

Fogman - on the subject of guitars, I like mine with stupidly heavy strings and the action set so high it causes hand cramps in any non-Gareths (including professional tutors). I then like to show off by bending the strings with ease.

Very light strings are much more prone to snapping, and can sound a little bit "weak" or tinny - for some styles (folk, classical and accoustic blues) this can be fine. If you're into any kind of rock, ensure that the bass strings at least are heavy or the tone will just be completely unsatisfying.

The link doesnt work. I was going to check it out - my husband plays. He has two guitars already but he is always looking for another

so, i assume it is a strat...is it mexican or american or squire?

It was a mexican and it sold for $280

I've always used .009 Ernie Ball Super Lights, with the action set as low as possible over medium high frets. I've used this setup pretty much continuously,  except for a period of time when I used their EVH 5150 strings. The 5150 was essentially the Ernie Ball 5150 set with a light 'G' string and an ultralight low 'E' string. --Sadly they're no longer available.

I liked using these because the ultralight low 'E' string is more conducive to producing controlled feedback, which I like using. Also I do a lot of string bending, including bending Barre Chords, which is greatly eased with the Super Lights. I also have a fairly light touch and my primary amp is a very high gain amp with a very heavy LF response, (Diezel VH-4 through a straight Marshall Quadbox) which helps to mask the effects of light guage strings somewhat. I can literally keep the same strings on my guitar for months at a time without breaking them, though they get worn out and lose a lot of their High frequncy transient attack that way.

Conversely, when I play bass, I play it very much the same way that I play guitar, with distortion, a lot of Barre chords, and also with fairly radical string bending. Oddly enough, the very heavy guage strings really pose no problem for me on a bass, though I hate heavy strings on a regular guitar.

Gareth,
  YOU DA MAN!!!!  

  I used to use a .012-.053 set (Kaman Performers) on my old Gibson ES-125 and my acoustics; I've since dropped down to Ernie Ball Power Slinky (.011-.048), because they're easier to find (but they feel too light, though).

  My action is about medium; yours is Stevie Ray Vaughn!

  -BobB