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Need luthier advice on never-used 1969 Ramirez
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Ricardo
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Joined: Dec. 14 2004
From: Washington DC
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RE: Need luthier advice on never-use... (in reply to a_arnold)
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ORIGINAL: a_arnold I just went back to playing it this morning and with the same strings still on it, it seems to be "all better" again. Just before it went "dead" I had carried it outside to another dehumidified building and during the 50 yard walk between, it was exposed to 100% Florida humidity. That was when it sounded dead. I thought it was the strings or a problem with the guitar. This morning, after a night in 45-50% humidity, it is back to sounding crisp again. Very strange. Could it be so sensitive that brief exposure to high humidity could have such a big (albeit brief) effect? Before reading this I was gonna say it's for sure the humidity. I been talking about this for years man....humidity is affecting ALL guitars this way, young and old. You can totally crack the thing if you go from one extreme to the next like that. It soaks water fast and expells slow its ok...but if it expels FAST......CRACK!!!!!!! So take it easy with the thing, it used to be a living tree! quote:
Ramirez believed all his guitars were equally good. Not the same, but equally good. He was quite conscious of the fact that a guitar one talented professional fell in love with might be totally underwhelming for another. In his book, he talks extensively about finishes and that as the finish slowly dries the vibrations of playing a certain way align crystals or something in a specific way and this contributes to the way the sound shapes up. In other words, a new guitar played by a certain player vs NOT played at all will be different....was what I got from him. I think it is true based on guitars I have seen, not sure for HIS reasons but guitars played hard sound better than ones that stay in the case all their life. Hard to do an objective test of course. Hey Richard, where is the picture of us???
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