well, it seems I can play a little guitar. Wrist feels better. Pain and numbness are gone. But I only play a little. When I feel some wrist stress I have to stop. I've experimented with various right hand work, and I think that A) ragtime is out. Too much stress with thumbed bass. B) Fingerstyle jazz chords seems to be out too. Tried some today and felt a little stress. C) Using a pick and playing single notes leads might be the least stressful. So, blues with backing tracks, using a pick.
I pulled out my VG stratocaster and have been playing it. I put the Pawn Shop 72 Strat away. I was using the Roland pickup set to 12 string hum bucker to get a nice lush sound. However, the batteries run out so fast it's somewhat annoying. Today I pulled out the batteries and used the regular pickups. By accident I had the amp (Fender G-DEC junior) set on chorus (must have bumped the knob -- it's usually set on reverb) and I had the pickup selector on middle pickup alone. Wow, does it sound nice! Lush and rich. Even better then the neck pickup along.
So, a nice new sound to play with!
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