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Location: CA | Interesting vid of Robert Godin of Godin Guitars:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MPh9_gFH7t4 |
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Location: Vernon CT | Interesting Vid. Thanks for posting it. :) |
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Location: Capital District, NY, USA Minor Outlying Islands | Cool. |
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Location: Steeler Nation, Hudson Valley Contingent | "Screwing with what you're doing."
Sounds like Mauvais Beal advice. :D |
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Location: 6 String Ranch | Hey, if it works............. |
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Location: Colorado Rocky Mountains | All the more reason to keep your guitars hung alongside that pair of 18" JBLs, then crank up the volume every time you play. The household might complain a bit, but, according to Godin, the guitars will be all the better for it. |
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Location: Indiana | Assuming the physics behind this are sound (no pun intended), why not exercise the top wood during the seasoning process by systematically exposing it to test tones spanning the frequency range of the intended instrument.
At the very least it would give the PR department a unique selling point... "Acoustically Aged AAA Spruce" for example. |
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Location: Florida Central Gulf Coast | I thought 'someone' does/did just that... can't remember where I read that. I believe it was a high co$t cu$tom outfit... |
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| Does the guitar eventually get to an age where it, like it's owner, is no longer responsive to training ? |
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Location: Hot Springs, S.D. | Actually, yes. As the wood ages, even with a humidifier in the case, it dries out and becomes "set in its ways". (Sorta like us old farts.) If a guitar isn't played a lot when it's new, it'll never sound as good, no matter how much you play it when it is old. |
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Location: SoCal | There was an article written about this that I read recently. The writer said that he used to sell guitars to John Stewart, who, when he got a new guitar, would set it in front of his stereo speakers, playing loud music at it for about 2 weeks. Claimed it aged a guitar 10 years..... |
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