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Ok, on the whole players of a certain style do tend to sway towards a certain type of guitar. I may have chosen my wording wrong.

My instrument options are not limited as I play in a covers band who are not signed to a label. If I was in a heavy metal band, appearing on stage at a festival, I might avoid using a P bass, then again in a country and Western band, I might avoid using a Spector. I am merely saying, as someone asked about fashions of guitars, that players tend to use what suits their type of music ;)

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Ok, on the whole players of a certain style do tend to sway towards a certain type of guitar. I may have chosen my wording wrong.

My instrument options are not limited as I play in a covers band who are not signed to a label. If I was in a heavy metal band, appearing on stage at a festival, I might avoid using a P bass, then again in a country and Western band, I might avoid using a Spector. I am merely saying, as someone asked about fashions of guitars, that players tend to use what suits their type of music ;)
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No you haven't chosen your wording wrong at all...in relation to your honestly held belief you have chosen your wording right and that is your prerogative. The vast majority of players probably hold a very similar belief....

I'm not criticising you. Whether or not a belief is true or not is irrelevant - the real question is...is the belief [i]useful [/i]or not to the individual?

In the cold light of day I always try to avoid placing limitations upon my freedom to do what is best in any given situation....but that is just me being me. I cant be anyone else, and I have tried!

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I've never really thought too much about this before but on reflection, I'd probably struggle to take a p bass to a metal gig. It just doesn't seem quite right, and I have no justification as to why. Maybe the attraction of a p,j or sr is just how many genres of music they would not raise an eyebrow in. Never in fashion, but never out of fashion either.

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