Re: How an Instrument Shapes Our Playing
Even with the same instrument, changes can cause you to play differently. I recently set up my kit build after playing it for ten months. It had gotten indistinct in the upper registers. After a fret level and a truss rod tweak, the high end exploded and I had to alter my pick attack as the high end became loud.
My Silverangel is at the other end of the sound spectrum and gets played accordingly.
My old A1 takes me in different directions entirely. Certain mandolins just have more headroom, some compress. When playing instruments side by side one realizes how different they can be. I played my SA back to back with Northfields and Collings. Quite the contrast, and which you like is going to be predicated by what you are going to use it for. I think my SA is pretty good at everything, but doesn't have the raw power and cut my Arches has, but I'd pick it for Celtic every time, but then my A1 is great for that. Thus the need for many instruments. That's my rationalization and I'm sticking to it.
There is no doubt in my mind I'll eventually own a Collings. Just because.
Silverangel A
Arches F style kit
1913 Gibson A-1
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