vastier
Junior Member
Wow! I've been seriously challenged playing 12 string since entering my 60's. I'm a right handed player. Actually its the left hand's thumb joints that gets as sore as can be and there is a loss of strength making bar cords a major challenge. I know we tend to use bar chords a bit less in 12 string, but I'm doing it less and less as time goes on. Even bar chords aside, 12 string just works that left hand in major ways.
Today I was playing "Hotel California" and hissing through the last verse. Ouch! No medical concerns about the left hand. No documented arthritis or fibromyalgia.
My 12 is an Ovation Legend, made in New Hartford. Easy to play for a 12 string. I'm wondering if it'd be easier with a Guild F512 or 412. But I think its more of an aging issue than one related to the particular guitar
No such problems with 6 string.
I'd love to hear insights from others playing 12 string. What adaptations have you made? Are there strengthening routines you go through? What have you noticed as you gracefully move forward into your golden years?
Rick
Guild D55
Ovation 6756lx Legend 12
Today I was playing "Hotel California" and hissing through the last verse. Ouch! No medical concerns about the left hand. No documented arthritis or fibromyalgia.
My 12 is an Ovation Legend, made in New Hartford. Easy to play for a 12 string. I'm wondering if it'd be easier with a Guild F512 or 412. But I think its more of an aging issue than one related to the particular guitar
No such problems with 6 string.
I'd love to hear insights from others playing 12 string. What adaptations have you made? Are there strengthening routines you go through? What have you noticed as you gracefully move forward into your golden years?
Rick
Guild D55
Ovation 6756lx Legend 12