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Topic: Acoustic Guitar Simulator |
Lee Baucum
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McAllen, Texas (Extreme South) The Final Frontier
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Posted 3 Mar 2024 12:50 pm |
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A friend of mine injured a couple of fingers on his left hand a few years ago. They are as healed as much as they will; but, it's getting harder and harder for him to play his acoustic guitars.
I'm wondering if maybe he should switch over to a solid body electric guitar, with lighter strings/action, and use an acoustic guitar simulator.
I was just looking at a simulator made by NUX. It is way over complicated for this guy.
Any thoughts?
By the way, this is strictly for chord strumming.
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Lee Baucum
From:
McAllen, Texas (Extreme South) The Final Frontier
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Posted 3 Mar 2024 12:59 pm
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Mike Auman
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North Texas, USA
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Posted 3 Mar 2024 1:28 pm
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It's not so much the neck as the action, since acoustic guitars often have higher actions than electrics.
For a left hand injury, there are some possible ways to make his current acoustic guitars easier to fret:
1. Tune down one fret and put a capo on the 1st fret. Some acoustic guitars have an excessively high nut to prevent buzz, requiring more finger strength unless you add a capo.
2. Have a luthier set up the guitar for the lowest possible action, including nut height, saddle height, neck relief, and string gauge.
3. Replace the nut with a Zero Glide nut, which is a zero-fret, giving you the same lower action as a capo. Best done by a luthier for acoustic guitars, there are different models and sizes for different guitar brands. Neck relief may need to be adjusted, but not usually.
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Chris Templeton
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The Green Mountain State
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Darvin Willhoite
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Roxton, Tx. USA
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Posted 6 Mar 2024 8:38 pm
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I have a Godin Multiac steel string acoustic electric. It has a thin chambered body and plays as good as most electrics. It has a nice acoustic electric sound. They pop up pretty often on Ebay and Reverb.
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Darvin Willhoite
MSA Millennium, Legend, and Studio Pro, Reese's restored Universal Direction guitar, a restored MSA Classic SS, several amps, new and old, and a Kemper Powerhead that I am really liking. Also a Zum D10, a Mullen RP, and a restored Rose S10, named the "Blue Bird". Also, I have acquired and restored the plexiglass D10 MSA Classic that was built as a demo in the early '70s. I also have a '74 lacquer P/P, with wood necks, and a showroom condition Sho-Bud Super Pro. |
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John Larson
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Pennsyltucky, USA
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Posted 7 Mar 2024 3:27 am
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Taylor T5
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Darvin Willhoite
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Roxton, Tx. USA
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Posted 7 Mar 2024 5:08 am
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I’ve had two Taylor T5’s and I never could get an acoustic sound I liked, the Godin gave me that sound right out of the box. I’ve had a couple of Taylor acoustics with the new, three knob preamp (I forget what they call it) and I never cared for them either. I like Taylor’s old Fishman preamp/EQ system much better.
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Darvin Willhoite
MSA Millennium, Legend, and Studio Pro, Reese's restored Universal Direction guitar, a restored MSA Classic SS, several amps, new and old, and a Kemper Powerhead that I am really liking. Also a Zum D10, a Mullen RP, and a restored Rose S10, named the "Blue Bird". Also, I have acquired and restored the plexiglass D10 MSA Classic that was built as a demo in the early '70s. I also have a '74 lacquer P/P, with wood necks, and a showroom condition Sho-Bud Super Pro. |
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Walter Killam
From:
Nebraska, USA
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Posted 7 Mar 2024 8:43 pm Try a Zager
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I love my Zager ZAD50 ez play guitar. It doesn't project like a Martin, but with decent pickup installed all I have to do is turn up the volume.
In addendum, I use a boss acoustic simulator on my pedalboard, in conjunction with splitting the neck coil, and trying to remember to play like an acoustic rhythm guitar it does a passable job, but it's not the same as my Zager, I can tell it's a simulator.
YMMV
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