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Electronic Device to Break in Stringed Instruments
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gj Michelob
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RE: Electronic Device to Break in St... (in reply to Ron.M)
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but don't be surprised if the results are disappointing. There are similar devices to "age" wine and wood, and even Bill Clinton obliged such whim to age his appearance -back in the days- by having the famous NY hairstylist Fekkai, whiten his hair. Time is the sole device I trust. My new German Vazquez Rubio sounded dull when i first recieved it. German confidently assured me that it would take no less than six months to "open up". These last few days, six months later in fact, it sounds so cogenially awesome I have finally fallen in love with it. I agree with Ron, being old school about certain things: whether it is a meat-bolognese sauce (requiring 12 hours on a low flame), a good cigar in your humidor, a Silver Oak cabernet or a flamenco guitar, time will reward patience tenfold. On the other hand, those accelerated overgrown vegetables some formers manage to genetically manipulate have lost their fragrance, the flavor only time and attention can develop. Hence, my humbe take is: keep your guitars, "Organic"....
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Date Apr. 6 2010 8:29:28
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Patrick
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RE: Electronic Device to Break in St... (in reply to Pgh_flamenco)
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Guys...don't be too fast to discount something you may not be aware of and its possibilities. I am experimenting with the unit as we speak and will write a full review soon. I was very skeptical as you all are, but I did a bunch of investigation before buying one. You can find something like a hundred pages on the Collins guitar forum about the Tonerite. You better have several hours to read all of it…it’s a bunch of info. It seems two camps have broken out. The first group is the ones that have used the unit and swear by it. The second group is the ones that say it can’t work and is a total waste of time and money, but of course they haven’t even used it. Many in the Violin community have had great success stories. There is also a bunch of info on the Mandolin Cafe forum. It seems mandolins really respond to the unit. The folks that designed it are just working with existing studies done in the past that utilize vibrations to open a musical instrument up. The first thing you have to agree on is the concept of an instrument “opening up”. If you don’t agree with this, a Tonerite is not in your future. I have had it running on my Aaron Green negra for about two weeks. Is it a totally different guitar? No…but I can tell you; something is definitely going on to the positive. I ran it on my DeVoe for several days and didn’t notice any difference, but I didn’t really expect to, as this guitar is five years old and well played. The thing is built like a tank and should run forever. They have a 30-day money back guarantee with no questions asked. According to the folks at Tonerite, they have not had one returned. I have read several threads on various forums and they all start out the same way. Someone says, “Have you used a Tonerite”? After that, everybody lambaste the thing as a Pipe Dream and a waist of time. Then someone comes in with good solid information, and things start to drift in a different direction, but of course, there will always be nonbelievers, but that’s their right. To be totally honest, if this thread hadn’t started, I was likely not going to say a thing about it, as I knew I was going to open a big can of worms, and I don’t have the time or patience to deal with it. But now that it’s started, I will be more than happy to share what I can. More to come in a couple of weeks.
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Date Apr. 6 2010 13:39:24
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