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Old 08-08-2010, 05:59 AM
Aaron Smith Aaron Smith is offline
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Budget is probably the most important factor here. It would also help to know your playing style: fingerstyle, flat pick, bottleneck? Delta blues, piedmont blues, Chicago blues, etc?
As mentioned, the old masters played whatever they could get their hands on. Most of them played junk guitars; some played nicer instruments. Robert Johnson played a Gibson L-1; Lonnie Johnson usually played a Martin OM; Gary Davis played a Gibson J-200, etc. I also feel that a short scale slope-shouldered dread is a good "do everything" instrument; I use my J-45 mainly for fingerstyle blues.
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