I played guitar since I was 15--- blues and rock n' roll, and then for the last 20 years, classical guitar. Last year I finally bit the bullet and purchased a true concert guitar ( Ramirez 1A) --- same guitar Segovia played.
The guy who sold it to me said: .."dude, this guitar will change your life!!!!"
It changed my life alright: I went nuts playing this guitar, sometimes 5 hours a day without stop and now, what happened after a year of intensive playing??
For the last two weeks, I've lost feeling in both my hands, numbness in my arms and shoulder, and can no longer play that guitar-- Repetitive Stress Syndrome
Tomorrow I'm going on a 7 day wilderness trip for steelhead, rowing down a river. At this point, I'm wondering if I can even make a fist around the oar handles much less cast a fly for 7 straight days
Not trying to sing the blues here or put on my mining hat for sympathy--- just warning people--- be careful! They also call this Repetitive Stress Injury: you can spend a few scary hours reading about how awful it is if you do a Google search...... not sure why I wasn't clued in enough to sidestep that trauma before
If you read about Leona Boyd (famous Canadian classical guitarist): Repetitive Stress Injury destroyed her career. And funny thing--- her guitar of choice was a Ramirez 1A
So not to be a wet blanket here, but instrumentalists.....beware!