Rich Cohen
Senior Member
Well, this is a question/factor we all deal and struggle with. I hazard a guess that many of you will have aa opinion(s) about this question, so here goes. Tell us about your experience(s) playing your guitar(s) and experiencing how it "opens up." I use the double quotes, but it's something of a mystery that this actually happens, and HOW it happens. If there are any acoustic engineers and luthiers out there that can address this question without providing just "common sense" knowledge, I would be interested in hearing it, and probably my fellow LTGers might be interested too. So here are my questions:
1. Does the "opening up" of a guitar depend on the woods involved? I expect the answer(s) is "yes," but you never know.
2. I know that we generally agree that a newly built guitar needs to be "played in." However, in my experience, and probably all of you, say that if you let a guitar "sleep" for some time, it's voice will change, and to improve it, you'll need to spend playing time with it, to the extent that you hear changes in its "opening up."
3. Some folks say that one way to get a guitar to "open up" is to play guitar music through audio near the guitar and it will respond accordingly.
4. Approximately, how much time does it take to get results from "playing in" a guitar? I know, I know, it depends, right? Still, give us your opinion.
5. What is your most satisfying experience having a guitar "open up"?
1. Does the "opening up" of a guitar depend on the woods involved? I expect the answer(s) is "yes," but you never know.
2. I know that we generally agree that a newly built guitar needs to be "played in." However, in my experience, and probably all of you, say that if you let a guitar "sleep" for some time, it's voice will change, and to improve it, you'll need to spend playing time with it, to the extent that you hear changes in its "opening up."
3. Some folks say that one way to get a guitar to "open up" is to play guitar music through audio near the guitar and it will respond accordingly.
4. Approximately, how much time does it take to get results from "playing in" a guitar? I know, I know, it depends, right? Still, give us your opinion.
5. What is your most satisfying experience having a guitar "open up"?