dmatthews
Dave's not here
Funny you say that. When I blew the D string on my 594 soapie, I then swapped to the Silver Sky. When we were done a lady came up to me and said "that guitar sounds way different than the last one!"On a practical level, I really only *need* one guitar to make it through a gig. But part of the fun of playing live is using a few different ones throughout the set or night. I bought my guitars to play them, not hang them on a wall.
Also, it's interesting to go back and listen to/watch tapes of the shows. Sometimes you can even hear people in the crown commenting when a new guitar makes an appearance.
For a brief, 45-minute set in the city, it's always a PRS and something with a hard tail. If it's multiple sets, that's where it gets much harder to choose a third axe!
Before I could put down my stuff and ask what she meant she was gone.