One if the great joys of guitar is hearing open strings sustain and ring against fretted notes. I play with a cowboy chord/capo guy. He may capo at the 3rd or 4th fret. That's fine. I take pleasure in playing the song without a capo sometimes. I like to hone my abilities. Being a rock guy I started on electric and immediately concentrated on full barre major and minor chords all up the neck.
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I don't have a bunch of guitars because they all sound just like me. 
1984 Carvin LB-40 bass
1986 Carvin DC-125 two humbucker
1996 Taylor 412
La Patrie Concert
2012 American Standard Telecaster
1981 Carvin DC 100
Harley Benton LP JR DC
Bushman Delta Frost & Suzuki harmonicas
Artley flute
Six-plus decade old vocal apparatus
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