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Wood needs to be played to open up and the wood needs to change over…"
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"opening up" a new guitar...
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Started this discussion. Last reply by Ship of fools Mar 15, 2011.
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dreary winter day......
Sitting here looking out my window this dreary california-winter morning, I got to thinking about, of all things...woods?
Maybe its because of the trees in my back yard...or the fact that I'm holding my guitar across my lap...but how weird, eh?...Okay...'weirdness' aside....The different woods and different sounds that each individual guitar makes......
I'm wondering how different sitka spruce sounds from mahogany....or 'laminated' spruce sounds different from 'un-laminated'… Continue
Maybe its because of the trees in my back yard...or the fact that I'm holding my guitar across my lap...but how weird, eh?...Okay...'weirdness' aside....The different woods and different sounds that each individual guitar makes......
I'm wondering how different sitka spruce sounds from mahogany....or 'laminated' spruce sounds different from 'un-laminated'… Continue
Posted on January 22, 2009 at 10:19am
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Serapion replied to Lee's discussion "opening up" a new guitar..."AG magazine did an article on this very topic a few months ago. I am behind on my reading, though, so I do not remember which month it was. You may be able to do a search of some sort on their site to find it."
"Over at the "other" acoustic guitar discussion board:
http://www.acousticguitarforum.com/forums/index.php
We had an extensive discussion on this in the "general" thread. No firm conclusions. …"
John Gundrum replied to Lee's discussion "opening up" a new guitar..."That's what they've been saying forever. There have been studies and its been proven to have little to no effect.Best thing to do is play the guitar and in time it will open up.Also, this opening up doesn't apply to laminate top…"
Lee replied to Ted Furcinito's discussion Taylor 414 CE"Hi Ted...I just recently got the itch again after 6 or 7 months of not picking up my guitar...I'm with you, man...Sounds like a really nice Taylor that you purchased...I have a Taylor Big Baby, which is a 3/4 size acoustic with absolutely HUGE…"
Lee posted a discussion"opening up" a new guitar...
Hello everybody...I was talking gear with a tech in a music store recently, and he told of a way to really "open-up" the wood and tone in a new guitar, by proping it up against a stereo speaker with a steady flow of music...any truth or experiences anybody?
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