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Thanks a lot everyone you answered some of my questions.
Just by chance how does one go about looking to tweak their guitar? I had a friend play my guitar whom has a martin with "tweaks" and he complained about my gibson dicing up his fingers but we both use metal strings.
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Your strings are probably a thicker guage than your friend has on his guitar.
That, combined with a higher action (ie, your strings being higher off the fretboard) could be what made your friend complain.
I would recommend you have a guitar tech do the setup if you arent familiar with how to do it yet, especially on an acoustic. For how to service and tweak your guitar, check out Dan Erlewine's book and videos.
some famous luthiers such as Smallman, may make 6-12 guitars per year. thats it. these instruments are never to be confused with any gibson et.al. these instruments are generally priced in the obscene range from new, and go up from there, due to the workmanship, design and phenomenal man hours invested in each one.
many consider John Williams to be the preeminent classical guitarist of our time. check him out playing Asturias on a Greg Smallman
Part of the reason is that often the wood used in older guitars was better quality "old growth" with tighter rings and a better suited cell density ( for sound/resonance). These were trees that grew naturally and slowly in dense forests and were hundreds of years old. Quality wood like that is getting scarcer all the time, either being already used up or protected by environmental laws. The alder, spruce, mahogany, or whatever trees they use today, aren't the same as the larger, original old growth trees. The scarcity of highest quality wood is also why you're seeing more and more guitars built out of strange substitute exotic woods now days. (like Bubinga for example) In many cases, while still very good, these are often less expensive substitutes for the ideal rosewoods etc.
About 10 years ago, there was a couple of news items running about people starting to "mine" old growth logs which had sunk to the bottom of lakes and rivers years and years ago during their voyage from forest to mill. Buried in silt, in the right conditions, some of these ancient logs have been preserved under water, and are worth tens of thousands of dollars each. The highest quality modern-made musical instruments, from guitars to violins to pianos are being made with this wood. It might be mostly gone by now as well.
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I will give you a bit of a trick for a new guitar to sound better. Set it up in front of one of your stereo speakers. Then when you are not playing it have the stereo play music. The vibration of the music will resonate the wood in the guitar and help to "break it in".
The music does not have to be loud and this works best of acoustic guitars with solid tops.
I will give you a bit of a trick for a new guitar to sound better. Set it up in front of one of your stereo speakers. Then when you are not playing it have the stereo play music. The vibration of the music will resonate the wood in the guitar and help to "break it in".
The music does not have to be loud and this works best of acoustic guitars with solid tops.
Wow, something new I learn today
Shall try it on my guitar which i left aside for a couple of years.
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many consider John Williams to be the preeminent classical guitarist of our time. check him out playing Asturias on a Greg Smallman
I know Williams only plays on Smallman's now. I wonder when he first did. Julian Bream is still around, and no matter how old he gets, he continues to have dexterous fingers! Anyway, their duets are still my favorite classical guitar albums. I know Bream has been playing on Hausers for ages. Still, the well known luthiers do each bring a specific timbre to the instrument. A German style classical guitar is going to sound different then a Spanish.
Williams is such a proponent of Smallman, that he has donated his guitars to schools before.
But one never gets tired of listening to the masters of guitar!
I like Bream's the best....tried to find a link for it, and this is what poped up (it's on Rhapsody BTW). Doesn't sound nearly as good as the CD I have....but you can hear how different it can sound with each particular artist.
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