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“My Guitar Isn’t Good Enough!”

I have 2 things to say about that:

1) It’s not about the quality of the guitar… it’s all about the quality of the guitarist. (To a certain extent… if your guitar is absolutely impossible to play, even by a professional, then yeah.. you have a case)

2) What makes a quality guitar? I go over my top recommendations (easy action, good intonation, “feels good”)

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