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Originally Posted by tbp0701
Eric: That's a great story and about what I imagined. I once saw a group class where the guy teaching it had to have the least expensive guitar there, which made me think about that. I taught some sax and clarinet in my college days. I guess even the student models of those instruments are expensive enough already to make a lot of people cringe.
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This reminds of my time with jazz guitarist Billy Bauer. Students used walk in with their Gibsons or handmade jazz boxes, and Billy had his $150 nylon string. Billy used to look, smile and compliment the guitar, then proceed, saying 'O.K., let's play'. Quickly students realized, it's not the guitar that makes music.
BTW, Billy had a D'Angelico at home.