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New guitar "break in"?
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Ricardo
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Joined: Dec. 14 2004
From: Washington DC
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RE: New guitar "break in"? (in reply to tele)
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Is it true that the same guitar will change differently if it is played by another person for the first five-ten years or so? In my experience YES. The objective test, of course, was regarding other guitars of my friends that I have known for years and simply didn't play that often. I notice a change, BIG changes over at least a years time, and the more aggressive players that play lots of hard rhythm strumming do a great job opening up the voice of the guitar and making it feel more responsive. I would not put up this hocus pocus sounding info if I had not observed it several times. I admit humidity changes can also be so noticeable, even in old guitars, the difference of the voice can be one day to the next. One little issue to think about, yes we guitar lovers know we need to store a guitar at 40% humidity yada yada yada....but the hard working pros I know, rarely keep track of the thing, and the guitar is in and out of storage of any kind constantly subjected to extreme environmental changes. It is simply not so practical for hard working pros. So, I am not against admitting that once again the "breaking in" might simply be part of this humidity issue again. (that being nicely dried out guitars sound better than fat wet ones so long as the action is good). Not surprisingly, and perhaps it's no coincidence, we find many well broken in guitars, LITERALLY are broken on the top....ie little cracks and other signs of humidity damage. Ricardo
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