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Originally Posted by dreamingrace
I am self taught on the guitar. I played cello when I was younger so the fingering came easier for me. For some reason I just love to finger pick. I don't even like playing with a pic. Is this a sign that I should maybe check out a classical guitar? Can I still play folk music on a classical? That may be a real silly question but I am shopping for a guitar.
I had my action lowered on my ovation but it's still so high. I'd like to try something new for a good price, any suggestions?
I also asked about easy dmb songs to play on the guitar in a thread I started below. I will back read this thread for information. From what I have read so far Ants and Proudest Monkey might be a good start. Funny thing is all the stuff I taught myself on the guitar was my own music. I never learned guitar doing covers - this will be a new venture for me.
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I personally think ants marching is a difficult song to master, especially if you want to sing along too
If the action is too high, putting light strings on may help. less pressure will be required to press the strings down. Gauge 11 is the lightest I have used but 10's are available.
It may be worth learning how to adjust your truss rod as this can lower the action. Electric guitars seem to be more comfortable to play, the action on my stratocaster is lovely. If you are still unhappy with your guitar, it may be worth having it set-up by a different luthier, or telling your luthier that you are still not happy with the action. it may be that your guitar's action is already as low as it can be before fret buzz becomes an issue. New strings make a huge difference to the sound, the only strings that I like are D'addario strings.
The only guitars that I find have consistently low action as stock are Taylor's, but they are expensive. It is hard to recommend a guitar that you will find comfortable. I have been shopping for a new acoustic for a few months but I still have not found something that really impresses me, except for taylor's. It is better to go and try a guitar in a shop rather than buy blindly from the internet, every guitar is different, even if they are the same model.
Folk guitars are a little smaller than the most common dreadnought sized guitars. I am treading into unknown territory here but I believe they use steel strings. If you are a folk fan rather than a classical fan, it would probably be better to stick with steel a stringed guitar rather than a nylon stringed classical guitar.
I think mark knopfler uses finger picking in his rock songs, eric clapton sometimes does, chris rea does, slide guitarists do, but most rockers use picks.
finger picking rock songs will mean you will play them differently to how the artist does. to do this i am sure you will sometimes be able to find tabs for it, but some of the time you may have to work out the song yourself.