RE: [Harp-L] OB, CX or XB?

[Roy Germon <rgermon@xxxxxxxxxx>]

I cant really tell if you're being sarcastic or not,
so...  I never saw anyone re-tune their guitar at a
blues show as often as Paul Rishell did when I watched
him and Annie Raines play together.  It would be
preposterous to suggest that Paul just cant cut it as
a musician, and is compensating.

For anyone who knows of guitar player Don Ross, pretty
much all of his songs are on non-standard tunings. 
How many people in the world can play what he plays?

People buy all kinds of altered and unaltered
instruments for a variety of reasons.  Any blanket
statement is bound to be wrong.  Sure there are those
who try to compensate for a lack of skill by buying
better equipment.  There are also those who just want
to choose the right tool for each job.  Many of these
people take their art a lot further than the masochist
who wont use a chisel because his screwdriver should
be good enough.

Roy

 --- Chris Michalek <Chris@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: 
> It is the opinion of many that folks who ise altered
> intstruments are
> those that can not do it on regular ones. Why else
> would they alter
> it? This often means they can not cut it as a "real"
> musician because
> they are lazy or need things to be easier... of
> course there ARE
> exceptions. ie: the maestro Richard Hunter