Ruphus -> RE: Guitar making today better than ever? (Apr. 2 2020 12:33:07)
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In different days we may hear sounds in a different way. I wonder if it is scientifically proven? In applications when you rely on hearing for long hours, like in studio work for instance while tweaking mixes, the phenomenon of changing perception is a well known one. (Wondering next day what mess one might have done, overworked last time.) And with all the scientific studies on sensual dependency and perceiving subjectivity, I am sure that there exist some on hearing too. (Actually thinking to remember such, but not definitely.) Had my perplexing experiences with guitars altering due to central European changes of humidity. (Once making me exchange strings in panic, for not having been aware of what the actual cause was.) But same thing also occurring where RH being constantly low. Just last time with a generally really fine guitar, that suddenly appeared so muffled, dull, lifeless. And when I took same axe under same conditions out of it´s case yesterday, it felt and sounded lovely once again. Extremes obviously triggered by my personal frustration about a playing handicap that sneaked into my life (and whichs way to overcome I have come to understand only recently). In former times (before the handicap) subjectivity / deviation in perception and hearing, although not as gross as now, were also contrasting enough. When the lust (usually after abstinence for a while, like when returning from a trip or thelike momentum) was up, the very same guitars that me was familiar with for a long time, then seemed to unfold all the candy they had, and sometimes beyond that. The way an instrument feels is so much more depending on one´s mood, than many might realize. Down to your worst days, when you might not be tuned for comparing guitars, because of the inner (emotional) ear being in frustration altogether (for whatever reason, that might not even have to do with music or ears). So, what assumedly be best for A/Bing? Parameter of physical condition like room & humidity (hence, if you brought your own guitar with you to a shop / letting it acclimatize first), and most important of all: Having a day of tonal craving or at least mirth. How to figure out when that thing is being in place? Dunno. All I know is that when it´s there, it quite shows. -It´s how I came to staying in the kitchen almost all night, about two weeks ago. Someone had brought a digital player with her (while my stereo hasn´t been set up since moving to new place / me hadn´t heard good music for months). And the unexpectedly intense lust of tingling ossicles wouldn´t let me get up and go to sleep. That day, just like last night, a likely appropriate state for appreciating individual properties of different instruments, in the same time. When the emotion / tonal passion is there, the ear will be functioning well too.
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