My guitars of choice of recent months have been my EBMM Lukes.
As many owners of Lukes would know, these are so comfortable and easy to play.
Yesterday, I decided to have a look at some of my Fender Strats and my Gibson Les Paul Standard. I have not spent much time on either guitar type lately, so whilst looking at them, I had a bit of a play.
Both guitar types felt decidedly strange! I had become so used to the smaller (but comfortable, for me) nut width on the Lukes that the Strats in particular felt large and wide.
The Les Paul's neck felt like a baseball bat. (Mine is a modern Les Paul Standard '50s with a thicker neck.)
I have read on numerous occasions that people find the nut width of the Luke (and associated string width at the lower frets) small at best or too narrow in the worst case; but for me, it is comfortable, and is more movement-efficient when soloing up and down within a given set of adjacent frets. It just took less effort to play a particular run on Luke than it did on the Strat.
It stands to reason that any other guitar type will feel strange for a while after spending more time on a different guitar type.
How do others feel when switching to a different guitar type?
Do you find that it takes some time to get re-used to another type after spending a while on one type?
Do you find that you play better or worse when switching?
For those who are gigging, do you take different guitar types, or two (or more) of one guitar type?
As for EBMM guitars, the only kind that I have played is the Luke, so I am not sure if other models have narrow nut widths.
It is good that we have so many choices. In my case, I have the three guitar types that I want: Fender Strat, Gibson Les Paul and EBMM Luke. While the Strat and Les Paul are polar opposites in pretty much every way, the Luke, while intended to be a hybrid of the best of a Strat and a Les Paul, is still sufficiently different in feel and playability to those other types.
I love my different guitars, but at the moment, I am loving playing my Lukes most of all.
As many owners of Lukes would know, these are so comfortable and easy to play.
Yesterday, I decided to have a look at some of my Fender Strats and my Gibson Les Paul Standard. I have not spent much time on either guitar type lately, so whilst looking at them, I had a bit of a play.
Both guitar types felt decidedly strange! I had become so used to the smaller (but comfortable, for me) nut width on the Lukes that the Strats in particular felt large and wide.
The Les Paul's neck felt like a baseball bat. (Mine is a modern Les Paul Standard '50s with a thicker neck.)
I have read on numerous occasions that people find the nut width of the Luke (and associated string width at the lower frets) small at best or too narrow in the worst case; but for me, it is comfortable, and is more movement-efficient when soloing up and down within a given set of adjacent frets. It just took less effort to play a particular run on Luke than it did on the Strat.
It stands to reason that any other guitar type will feel strange for a while after spending more time on a different guitar type.
How do others feel when switching to a different guitar type?
Do you find that it takes some time to get re-used to another type after spending a while on one type?
Do you find that you play better or worse when switching?
For those who are gigging, do you take different guitar types, or two (or more) of one guitar type?
As for EBMM guitars, the only kind that I have played is the Luke, so I am not sure if other models have narrow nut widths.
It is good that we have so many choices. In my case, I have the three guitar types that I want: Fender Strat, Gibson Les Paul and EBMM Luke. While the Strat and Les Paul are polar opposites in pretty much every way, the Luke, while intended to be a hybrid of the best of a Strat and a Les Paul, is still sufficiently different in feel and playability to those other types.
I love my different guitars, but at the moment, I am loving playing my Lukes most of all.
