06-10-2005, 12:05 AM
If you get that from playing an acoustic guitar, then you should look for another instrument, it means your hands are too soft.
As for guitar strings, there are around 5 different types for acoustics, many of which now are all nylon, though you can still (when imported from legal channels) get ones made from cat-gut and such, (as with violins and such), I prefer Nylon/Copper mixes, (this is why the top 2 stringer on a guitar are generally made of a different material to the bottom 4).
Also, you've got to take into account the persons required string guage, I use either some custom ones I get made for myself or good ol' 9 and 10 guage strings.
The problem here is most people are going into music for all the wrong reasons, thinking it's all fame and money, so they go for electric stuff and keyboards, I started out on the piano as keyboards were less technologically advanced when I was 4, lol, (check out the Yamaha Tyros 2, to see the sh*t I'm working with now, and I meann sh*t as in it's one helluva' flagship class beast).
But anyhow, what do you think of the ETS Guitar, cool huh?
The only thing I'm not too keen on about it is no tremelo arm, so I have too use wah-wah pedals to try to alter the sound as best as I can with the dials/wheels/turns/pick-discs, whatever you wanna' call them, on the body of the guitar.
The price was good though, it's a good quality, like Squire's, and it's also a reasonable price, it's good to see you can get a styled guitar still for a decent price.
As for guitar strings, there are around 5 different types for acoustics, many of which now are all nylon, though you can still (when imported from legal channels) get ones made from cat-gut and such, (as with violins and such), I prefer Nylon/Copper mixes, (this is why the top 2 stringer on a guitar are generally made of a different material to the bottom 4).
Also, you've got to take into account the persons required string guage, I use either some custom ones I get made for myself or good ol' 9 and 10 guage strings.
The problem here is most people are going into music for all the wrong reasons, thinking it's all fame and money, so they go for electric stuff and keyboards, I started out on the piano as keyboards were less technologically advanced when I was 4, lol, (check out the Yamaha Tyros 2, to see the sh*t I'm working with now, and I meann sh*t as in it's one helluva' flagship class beast).
But anyhow, what do you think of the ETS Guitar, cool huh?
The only thing I'm not too keen on about it is no tremelo arm, so I have too use wah-wah pedals to try to alter the sound as best as I can with the dials/wheels/turns/pick-discs, whatever you wanna' call them, on the body of the guitar.
The price was good though, it's a good quality, like Squire's, and it's also a reasonable price, it's good to see you can get a styled guitar still for a decent price.