question for the guitar guys

Fishthatkills said

Ramenth,
As a pro guitarist I recommend the lightest guage you can get away with. Sound/feel to your liking. You may have to audition a few brands and guages before you can decide. Also please learn how to re-string and tune your guitar! It's not that hard. As far as tuning stability with the coated strings. I have never had a problem. Taylor acoustic guitars come from the factory with Elixirs on them. The quality of your tuning machines and the way in which you re-string your guitar has alot to do with tuning stability.

If you are learning at this point then comfort should be your number one concearn not tone. If you hurt after a short time playing then you won't play as much and practice is the only way you get better. Trust me on this. I may not be the best mechanic on Fabo but when it comes to guitars I know what I am talking about. Hands down comfort is the key when learning, So I highly suggest the coated strings. Your hands will thank you for it!!


John D. Beckerley

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As far as re-stringing my own, I'll be watching my buddy do it so I can do it next time. I look it at kinda like my cars. Only I should be working on it. And that goes for tuning, too.

One benefit to working on cars as a profession for the last twenty years is that my fingertips are nice and calloused. My elbow is the biggest issue. I'm left handed with a bad left elbow, so reaching around can get to me after a while. Lot's of stretching prior, some during, and a lot after helps.

One of the things that I will tell you up front is that I'm making a commitment to myself at this point to learn. And that's not just the music, but the instrument itself. I understand that the Infinity, bought for $189 off Amazon, may not be the best guitar in the world, but my perfectionist mindset means that I need to understand about all these things about the instrument. So if it sounds like I'm asking some dumb questions then it's just me trying to learn more and more. For me to learn then I have to ask question from those who know more than I do.