We probably all progressed through various musical instruments. As a kid I was introduced to piano and drums first, then taught myself guitar and became pretty good at it, but bass guitar gradually became co-equal with guitar (a story in itself). Later in life, after the kids were all out of the house, I decided to drop guitar and learn upright bass and mandolin to go along with bass guitar. I don't regret that call - upright bass, mando and bass guitar are a skill set that leads to a lot of calls for gigs.
But ... every Christmas I have a guitar gig, which is leading all the Christmas and holiday songs at a big Christmas Eve party at our house. Now, I could do this on mando (or mandola), but there are some things that a guitar is very suitable for, and this is one of them. That said, pulling out the guitar this year - man, it just feels weird. I'm used to four strings tuned in fourths, or four courses of strings tuned in fifths - and picking up this six-string instrument that has a rando string tuned in thirds ... yeah, I can still play it, but gotta say it feels a little odd as time goes on. I keep feeling like I should turn it upside down and then all the mando fingerings will kick in.
And this was once my primary instrument!
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