I definitely can sympathize… mid-60’s here. But the whole point is, the pain goes away. 😎
The thing is, the lighter you set your action and velocity sensitivity, the harder it gets to control your dynamics. Especially with velocity triggered effects like acoustic guitar hammer-ons and switches between hard and soft string and horn articulations etc.. A super light action and a super sensitive velocity curve gives you very little difference between the normal note and the velocity triggered one, and I hear it all the time with amateur demos of guitar solos. Hammer-ons rearing their heads in places no guitarist (or probably the player!) would ever want them. It gets damn hard to play a consistent line and just have the effect pop in only when YOU want it.
To be honest, it’s for this reason (in a way) that I far prefer Roland’s SuperNatural guitar sounds over Yamaha and Korg’s articulated guitars. Roland’s don’t have velocity triggered effects (although there are a few in the ‘normal’ Tones), you actually PLAY the hammer on and it substitutes the articulation by recognizing that you have played a legato grace note inside a whole step distance from the previous note. So you can play as hard as you like and get a full dynamic range without worrying that a fractionally harder hit is going to trigger the damn effect somewhere you don’t want it! 🤬
But as we get older, there are all kinds of health benefits from accepting a bit of pain now to avoid more pain later, and music is no different. No, you don’t need to work on your Rachmaninov on a heavy Bosendorfer, but a bit heavier touch can pay off musically down the road… 🎹😎
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