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(@crkt246)
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Bring what ever you want to bring.


   
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(@raistx)
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I'd say easiest. Less mistakes will be more impressive.


   
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(@georgejw22)
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Take em all. Who knows what you might get into or want to play. :twisted:

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 cnev
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I would think it depends on the music/venue, no?

"It's all about stickin it to the man!"
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(@dagwood)
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Please, don't take this the wrong way.
I'm not trying to be mean or condescending in anyway.

But if you don't know what guitar to take to a gig?
Perhaps your not ready 'to' gig......(young grasshopper)

I'd say take your RESO... let them Mic it.

Go relax and have fun!!

Research is what I'm doing when I don't know what I'm doing. - Wernher Von Braun (1912-1977)


   
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(@vic-lewis-vl)
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It's something for us students to strut or stuff and to show everyone how much we've learned so far.

Then show 'em what you've learned, and do it on the guitar(s) which best showcase what you've learned. Logic, Jim. You wouldn't play an acoustic slide blues on an electric with the gain cranked to the max now would you!

:D :D :D

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"Sometimes the beauty of music can help us all find strength to deal with all the curves life can throw us." (D. Hodge.)


   
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 Rune
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My advice, keep it simple. If nerves'll get the best of you (understandable for a student recital type thing), you don't want to be fumbling around with different pieces of gear. The less extraneous stuff you have to think about, the more effort you can put into what you're playing, which is much more important than a circus of different guitars.

What songs are you playing? Which of your instruments will suit most of them best? Select songs that will sound good on that instrument, and cut the ones that won't sound so great. This isn't the only time you'll get to play for people, you can show off other skills later.

Also, you've got time to practice and focus, so you can use that to put some polish on those songs on "one" instrument, and won't find yourself freaking out over different things as the date approaches.

Take it easy. :D

It's a dry heat!


   
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