Mark Helm
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Tennessee, USA
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Posted 2 Mar 2021 6:22 am |
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Hey guys!
I'm a non-pedal guy thinking of dipping my toe in your shallow end. What's the news on the Fessenden Six Shooter? There's one for Sale, not expensive, so I'm wondering...
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William Carter
From:
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, USA
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Posted 3 Mar 2021 7:03 pm
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The obvious thing about it is that it is 6 strings and not the standard 10.
Whether this matters to you or not is completely up to you. Do you think you can re-train from a 6 to 10 when the time comes or should you start with the 10?
I had the Carter starter as my 1st PSG, which was 10 strings, but not a very good quality instrument. It was a good learning tool and that's about it, because it didn't stay in tune.
As far as 6 strings goes, you could play a lot of music with 6 strings. The great thing about the PSG is that since it's not strummed, and most people only play 2 or 3 strings at a time, you can pretty much learn the instrument a string at a time, and just ignore the ones you don't understand yet until you get time to learn them. You can play a whole lot of songs, and do a whole lot of licks with 6 strings and 2 pedals.
You need to decide if the price is the only reason you are getting it. I'm not sure these things would have much of a resale value like a pro model E9 does, so you might be stuck with it. If I had one, I know myself well enough to know that I would always be looking at the guy with the 10 string "real" steel guitar and wanting one like it. I felt that way until I moved up from that Carter starter.
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