As I've recently mentioned, I'm working diligently to both reduce my guitar level and also raise some cash for some much-needed work around my home. I've rationalized many reasons why it's the right thing to do.
It became crystal clear to me just last night that I'm on the right path. My playing partner and I played 4 songs at open mic last night, and I brought along my trusty DV 52. My partner's name is Jeff and he is really good. Our first song was "Dock of the Bay" and that went fairly well although I made a few mistakes on my guitar. The 2nd was "It Never Rains In Southern California" and it was horrible on both of our parts. The last two I only sang and did not play guitar. We did "What A Wonderful World" and "Needle and The Damage Done" and we knocked those out of the park, I think mostly because I wasn't screwing up the guitar parts.
So, I've concluded we're at our best when he handles the guitar work and I take care of the vocals. It's given me even more reason to let go of some guitars I thought I'd be taking to the grave with me.
Just to be clear, I'll still have way too many guitars but they will mostly be like the D 40, D 50, D 55, F 30 and F 55 plus my Richie Crowder Custom Builds.
It's refreshing really to have had an epiphany and to get reassurance (even if just from myself) that I now have a reasonable path to try to follow, one that will work for me.
It became crystal clear to me just last night that I'm on the right path. My playing partner and I played 4 songs at open mic last night, and I brought along my trusty DV 52. My partner's name is Jeff and he is really good. Our first song was "Dock of the Bay" and that went fairly well although I made a few mistakes on my guitar. The 2nd was "It Never Rains In Southern California" and it was horrible on both of our parts. The last two I only sang and did not play guitar. We did "What A Wonderful World" and "Needle and The Damage Done" and we knocked those out of the park, I think mostly because I wasn't screwing up the guitar parts.
So, I've concluded we're at our best when he handles the guitar work and I take care of the vocals. It's given me even more reason to let go of some guitars I thought I'd be taking to the grave with me.
Just to be clear, I'll still have way too many guitars but they will mostly be like the D 40, D 50, D 55, F 30 and F 55 plus my Richie Crowder Custom Builds.
It's refreshing really to have had an epiphany and to get reassurance (even if just from myself) that I now have a reasonable path to try to follow, one that will work for me.
