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Illinois
1 review
1 helpful vote

Almost Needed to Give Up Guitar Forever
July 11, 2020

I am almost 69 years old. When I was younger, I played guitar fairly well. I even played coffee houses when I was in college. But for whatever reason, I stopped playing completely over 30 years ago. With the recent lock down, I thought that it might be fun to pick up a guitar again and even learn some new chords. I needed a new guitar. Because guitar shops were not open, and because I would not want to play a guitar played by someone else, there was no easy way to comparison shop. My only option was to buy online and try. The first guitar I bought was an Ovation, primarily because I owned one before and I iked it. When it arrived and I picked it up for the first time, I fully expected to be able to play just like I used to. It was a shock. No matter what I did, I could not get my fingers to work right. I knew exactly where to place my fingers, but these fingers kept touching adjacent strings, muting them, and sounding terrible. I tried everything, but I could not get it to work right just trying to play a simple E and D chord. I could see that there was no way that I would be able to get this to work, even with lots of practice. I was disappointed and decided to return the Ovation and give up playing again. But my wife suggested that I try some other guitars before I give up. I did some research and tried 2 more guitars that were described as being easy to play for seniors and for people with fat finger tips. I went through an Epiphone and a Seagull. Same issues, returned them both. I was done. I don't know how this happened, but somehow I stumbled onto learning about you and Zager guitars. I was skeptical, but I needed to try a guitar named "Easy Play." So I ordered a ZAD900CE. The first thing that my wife and I noticed when we opened the case was the digital display. Not expected. Figured out that it is relative humidity, but how interesting it seemed to have this in the case. And the guitar looks absolutely gorgeous. Then the big test that I fully expected to fail. Unbelievable. I could play again, although very very rusty. But I could force my fingers such that I could play chords without touching adjacent strings. It will still take lots of practice, but it seems like I finally have a guitar that I can play. And the guitar sounds beautiful, far superior to the 3 previously tried guitars. I am very glad that I do not need to pack up and return another guitar.

Date of experience: July 10, 2020
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