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Can guitars die?
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Ricardo
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RE: Can guitars die? (in reply to Georg)
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Would be hard to test my theory since time is such a factor, but I would suspect that the "death" or long life of a guitar has not so much to do with how much it was played, as with the way the guitar is taken care of. For example is it polished, and tuned, kept in the case, watered and loved like a plant, braces and glue joints checked every so often, etc. I will say that I have experience first hand, guitars of all price ranges, tend to sound BETTER or open up faster (spruce top at least is my experience) when they are played A LOT, espeicially by a good or heavy handed player. And I have always heard about this, but find it hard to believe, that CEDAR does not open up at all. Even if it is played hard? I used to have a Cedar top ramirez, but it was older than me. I never really liked the sound of that anyway. But I am taking this "born opened up" thing at face value, but would really like to see a test. I would bet that if you get 2 of the same Cedar guitars, (same make and sound more or less), give one to a collector to put in a glass case, and the other to an experienced player, that the Cedar guitar that was played will sound BETTER and more "open" than the one in the case, after a year or two. But that is just my guess, I would really be surprised if they sounded the same after that long. Ricardo
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Date Nov. 18 2006 7:15:54
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RE: Can guitars die? (in reply to Dikoha)
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yes i also have 1973 jose ramirez every day i love it more and cant leave it from my hands here it is my guitar picture its attached but actually you ve to treat your guitar kindly as long as it makes you happy as long as you must take care of it .
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