Too funny...Unless the guitars in the subject experiment were D'Addario EJ-16's, the whole thing's worthless, they didn't use the right strings.
Too funny...Unless the guitars in the subject experiment were D'Addario EJ-16's, the whole thing's worthless, they didn't use the right strings.
...That's what I mean when by "coloring": the way a given body wood changes the waveform(s) it's reflecting, it's what allows us to distinguish maple from mahogany...
Interesting proposition.she said one thing that stuck with me. She thought Ovations were well build and sounded good, until you played them loud enough to hear the back. So, an Ovation has a back shape SPECIFICALLY designed to reflect the sound loudly and evenly. Since it's not wood, it doesn't really color the sound, but it DOES contribute to the sound, or Kathy wouldn't be able to hear it's contribution.
This speaks to what you saying. Notice how the black tint colors the maple:
(Sorry, I couldn't resist...and all the best to Jim as he sells his 12 string)
Yeah. I don't think I could tell blind-folded whether a guitar is rosewood or mahogany or walnut or cherry or carbon composite.Why does my maple guitar sound different than my rosewood?
Al(bumin),Ahhhh....but you missed the thread about how finish color affects tone.
Who was it?, Oh yes, the Smashing Pumpkins guy, Billy Corgan, insists white guitars sound the best.
Eggshell, to be precise.
So the yolk's on you.
Ok, omelettecha off.Al(bumin),
You're right in turning up the heat on that post...I let it slide right past me. My brain is totally fried and I have egg all over my face. It boils me when people make such unfounded statements. I guess it could be okay, so long as they are whipping up original nonsense, and not poaching off the ridiculousness of others...
Granted it's hearsay, but I've been told they don't care what color their wood is as long as it's a hard wood.Regarding how Finnish color affects tone, I need to hear more from Nuuska.
. . . Regarding how Finnish color affects tone, I need to hear more from Nuuska.
. . .Granted it's hearsay, but I've been told they don't care what color their wood is as long as it's a hard wood.
I'll just bet you do.That was for outdoors - inside we have got something else
Interesting proposition.
At first I wanted to say I think the back does "color" the sound, just not the same way as wood.
It's what allows her to "hear" its presence at a certain amplitude.
But I was also just trying to clarify what I mean by the term.
You got me thinking, though.
If the back reflects in a way that doesn't actually change the waveform (ie, change relative amplitudes between frequencies and add little fuzzy distortion edges like you could see on an oscilloscope), then sure, it doesn't color the sound.
So how can she tell when it affects the sound?
Something else going on, like phase interference, perhaps?
Or top getting overdriven to the point of inefficient resonance, kinda like "valve float" when an engine's over-revving (engine's not able to perform the complete intake/compression/exhaust cycle because valves aren't opening and closing completely) ?
Ahhh....but wasn't that the one that questioned whether an electric guitar's tonewood could affect the guitar's sound?Seems a lot like a thread I started -- and drew so much fire for it guys wanted to ban me as a troll.
. . .Granted it's hearsay, but I've been told they don't care what color their wood is as long as it's a hard wood.