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I play a lot. I still spend more time looking at stuff than I should, but it's really not anywhere near as much time as I spend playing. I acquired a 2nd guitar Friday, and am already considering selling it or my other guitar. The only person I've ever seen play more than one guitar at once is Michael Angelo and, while that is cool, I don't want to do that! Nothing against those with different opinions, but for me I'd rather spend my time becoming a better player than knowing about every product in existence or, worse yet, acquiring every product in existence.
[/ QUOTE ]You have a point with the last sentence; with knowledge comes GAS! [img]/images/graemlins/laugh.gif[/img] Have you considered that if you ever play out, you need a spare? No one wants to have 5 minutes of silence while you change a string, stretch it and retune it. Do that at a gig and you're probably not playing there again. The thing is, though, having the knowledge of gear never hurts, and can make you lots of money. I enhances your credibility as a musician to know a lot about gear other than that you actually play. For example, you have a favorite pedal that takes a dump and is an unusual model. If you know what the next 3 pedals are that are closest to it in function and sound, you snag one on Ebay quickly; if not, you sit and cry.Learning the gear can make you a better player anyway. You do that by playing your guitar through the stuff to see what it can do. It's not an either-or situation, though there are only 24 hours in a day. These days I do spend more time talking and learning gear than playing, but I also know more about a lot of stuff than some people who play out all the time. It's always good to keep an open mind both in playing and in learningabout the equipment.
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I play a lot. I still spend more time looking at stuff than I should, but it's really not anywhere near as much time as I spend playing. I acquired a 2nd guitar Friday, and am already considering selling it or my other guitar. The only person I've ever seen play more than one guitar at once is Michael Angelo and, while that is cool, I don't want to do that! Nothing against those with different opinions, but for me I'd rather spend my time becoming a better player than knowing about every product in existence or, worse yet, acquiring every product in existence.
[/ QUOTE ]You have a point with the last sentence; with knowledge comes GAS! [img]/images/graemlins/laugh.gif[/img] Have you considered that if you ever play out, you need a spare? No one wants to have 5 minutes of silence while you change a string, stretch it and retune it. Do that at a gig and you're probably not playing there again. The thing is, though, having the knowledge of gear never hurts, and can make you lots of money. I enhances your credibility as a musician to know a lot about gear other than that you actually play. For example, you have a favorite pedal that takes a dump and is an unusual model. If you know what the next 3 pedals are that are closest to it in function and sound, you snag one on Ebay quickly; if not, you sit and cry.Learning the gear can make you a better player anyway. You do that by playing your guitar through the stuff to see what it can do. It's not an either-or situation, though there are only 24 hours in a day. These days I do spend more time talking and learning gear than playing, but I also know more about a lot of stuff than some people who play out all the time. It's always good to keep an open mind both in playing and in learningabout the equipment.
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