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Wearybear
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Wearybear
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01/09/2020 4:21 am

I have spent the past two months learning guitar on an electric. I have been pleased with my newly aquired abilities. But last week, I dug out my acoustic guitar and tried to play it. It felt like I had returned to day one. I was not able to play chords like I knew I could. The reason why is not because of string thickness, but guitar thickness. My dreadnaught is much thicker than my electric and it threw my hand positions out of whack. I have been careful to develop good hand habits from the start. So, I wonder if it would be a good idea to skip using my acoustic for a while until my abilites are more advanced and ingrained? I don't want to screw up my muscle memory moving between two different size guitars.