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So, I've just got my first T-style ... a G&L Tribute ASAT Special.
I'm learning some funky songs with that 16th strumming .. .and I must admit - I'm getting right in to it.
Problem is ... if I choose neck pickup for a slightly fatter, rounder sound, I keep knocking the selector switch with my flailing right-hand fingers.
Any one else have this problem?
Apart from reversing the knobs / swiches etc ... what can I look to do to avoid it?
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I have the same problem with volume pots.
Sounds like your hand is moving way past the strings. Try to control where your hand stops/changes direction, slowly at first and really concentrate on this. Or film your hand's movement and watch back and see exactly what's happening.
Or get a lesson with a teacher to get your technique evaluated.
Ringleader of the Cambridge cartel, pedal champ and king of the dirt boxes (down to 21)
Thanks.
I do tend to have my right hand fingers (those not holding the pick) stretched out, not curled in ... don't know if I can un-learn that after so many years.
Mine are usually clenched and I hit the volume pot.
I honestly think it's your hand knocking the switch rather than a flailing finger.
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I had another good long session today - being aware of it, I only did it once or twice in an hour of playing, so it may must be a case of familiarising myself with a different guitar with different layout and making the necessary adjustments ... hopefully it will diminish the more I play on the ASAT
@ Eric
I started watching that after the recommend in the other thread on playing soul / funk etc. Seems very good at giving some key skills / techniques that I will make sure I have. I've only been watching though, not sitting with guitar and learning from it yet. Will make time to put it in to practice soon.
I don't hit the switch, but I do hit the neck pick-up - so much so that my right little finger will not fully straighten out :-S
I hit the switch too - same on a Strat. Nearly as bad on a Jaguar, Jazzmaster or Les Paul, I obviously flail around all over the place! The ones that work OK for me are the typical 335/Rickenbacker-type position - far away enough to not get hit, but also a little inconvenient - and best of all the PRS position behind the bridge, which is the only one I never hit by accident but can always switch with the side of my hand mid-strum thrash.
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