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Originally Posted by JohninCt.
Well that is pretty good. I understand about the thumb problem, but you seem to be doing fine. The Goya sounds decent and you don't seem to have any problem with the neck, so I would pick away at it too. You are making good and fast chord changes so no problem there either. On the buzzing of the Ibanez on the bass strings, if you raise up the nut on the neck, you might stop some of the buzz, but it might make playing it a little harder. It might be worth a try if you just stick a thin piece of wood under part of the nut, just under the E to D strings, to raise it only about 1/16" and it might help. Most nuts now are plastic or some other man made material, and they will bend just enough to keep the thin strings in the same place while raising the thick strings. The other thing is if the strings are new, they will tend to buzz more than on older set. Once they stretch out they may slack off buzzing a little. Also next time you try some new strings, try a different brand. Some times other brands work better than the most famous names. Nothing can slow a player down more than being dissatisified with their guitar. The Ibanez sounds like a typical Ibanez and their models with the cutaway usually don't have a strong bottom end. If you could find a reasonable priced and decent Yamaha/Ovation Applause or most anything with a non cutaway body, I think you will get better sound. I don't know if they have Pawn shops in your area, but keep a watch on them if so. The traditional full body usually sounds better in even the cheaper guitars. How long before your thumb is back to normal?
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Thanks John though oooh I can barely manage the neck on the Goya and deadened/buzzed plenty there. If you noticed the poor positioning of my left (well, right too but wanted to show the picking) because I can't curve/cup with my thumbs just yet. Stitches are coming out in an hour
. It's supposed to be about 3 weeks for recovery and I'm at 10 days.
I recently discovered the buzzing on the low E (mainly) is the saddle rather than the nut. The buzzing was coming from the B-string until I flip-flopped the saddle when I re-strung. Just wanted to experiment with that and it reversed the problem so I just need to lower the saddle for my bass strings.
I thought the issue was with the nut. I had the nut worked on and the saddle replaced during a repair -so this was the 1st time I was re-stringing since, and paid more attention to the saddle (something Cathy had suggested awhile back). And that's also when I discovered the poor-fitting pegs that had been replaced during the 'repair'.
I spent HOURS on the internet last week researching guitars and did a search for pawn shops in Connecticut and Mass. Looks like Waterbury is loaded with them.
But 1st I probably should skip over the border to Gordon Music (good name
) in Mass probably later this week. They've been around for a long time. Is actually where I learned to pick when I was 16! That's where I bought the Ovation Custom Legend and had really gotten a good deal on it. It was $1k 10 years ago and doubled+ in value since. From what I've checked out on the internet -I'd be really lucky if I found a used one in good condition for $1k now.