machopicasso -> RE: Guitar sound (Jun. 17 2012 8:46:45)
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You say that the luthiers here are bad. You say it directly. Come on, Anders.[;)] KMMI77 didn't say you guys "are bad." Rather, he complained, rightly or wrongly, that the luthiers are too quick in dismissing his point. I actually think the point at issue in this discussion is very interesting. On the one hand, I'm sympathetic to the point pressed by ToddK and others that mic, PA system, medium for online presentation, etc. can have a huge impact on the sound we ultimately receive. On the other, hand, I'm sympathetic to KMMI77's response that those significant effects don't completely obscure the sound of the guitar in every case. For example, every time I listen to Jason McGuire demo one of Glenn Faulk's guitars, it sounds like a Glenn Faulk guitar. Sure, one could probably achieve that sound with electronic effects on a different guitar. But what's at issue is whether it's ever possible for the raw, live sound of a guitar to show through all of the electronic devices mediating the production and reception of the sound. If it is possible, then the next question is whether the sound KMMI77 identified is an instance of that phenomenon.
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