"Aging" an acoustic guitar?
Posted: Sun Jul 01, 2007 11:05 pm
I bought an all-solid Guild acoustic in London on Friday. It looks the same as this one http://pics.lgmguitars.com/pics/guild/white%20guild%20front.jpg.
Anyway, I was recommended by somebody to stick it in front of a loudspeaker as the wood is supposed to "open up" over time due to the vibrations and this is supposed to be a "shortcut".
Noticing that placing the guitar in front of the speaker is a waste of energy, and taking inspiration from this article...
http://www.acousticguitar.com/Gear/advice/vibration.shtml
I was reminded of a gadget I've considered buying a few times...
http://www.firebox.com/index.html?dir=firebox&action=product&pid=360&display=all
It converts any solid object into a speaker by vibrating it at the frequencies of the music. I am now considering buying one of those devices and sticking it on the pickguard of my guitar, and then playing music through it and seeing what happens (I assume it couldn't damage it).
I have since read, however, that some people think guitars open up in different ways depending on what music is played on them, for example a guitar that's used for fingerstyle all it's life will sound better at fingerstyle but worse at strumming than one that had been used for that. Does anybody have any experience of this? In this case I would have to be careful which music I used, anybody want to suggest a playlist for me to play to the guitar [/i]
Anyway, I was recommended by somebody to stick it in front of a loudspeaker as the wood is supposed to "open up" over time due to the vibrations and this is supposed to be a "shortcut".
Noticing that placing the guitar in front of the speaker is a waste of energy, and taking inspiration from this article...
http://www.acousticguitar.com/Gear/advice/vibration.shtml
I was reminded of a gadget I've considered buying a few times...
http://www.firebox.com/index.html?dir=firebox&action=product&pid=360&display=all
It converts any solid object into a speaker by vibrating it at the frequencies of the music. I am now considering buying one of those devices and sticking it on the pickguard of my guitar, and then playing music through it and seeing what happens (I assume it couldn't damage it).
I have since read, however, that some people think guitars open up in different ways depending on what music is played on them, for example a guitar that's used for fingerstyle all it's life will sound better at fingerstyle but worse at strumming than one that had been used for that. Does anybody have any experience of this? In this case I would have to be careful which music I used, anybody want to suggest a playlist for me to play to the guitar [/i]