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RE: FINE TUNING A GUITAR
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Miguel de Maria
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RE: FINE TUNING A GUITAR (in reply to keith)
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Ruphus, I certainly wouldn't doubt a guitar's sound could be marginally changed by modifying it after it was made. However, speaking for myself, this business model is ethically problematic. The guitars are misleadingly labeled. I am not a fan of using misdirection and innuendo to add $4000 to the price of a tool used to make music. Nor am I a fan of charging $4000 for a few hours of work when some people are busting their a$$es for dollars a day and lose their jobs if they ask for bathroom breaks. "Charging what the traffic can bear", that tenet of capitalism, is wrong. It's only right in the context of the free market, an artificial, divisive, exploitative, soulless construct whose pure form only exists in the dreams of the greedy. The shameless have an advantage in the marketplace, but we don't have to pretend it's okay. People just want a nice guitar from a famous luthier. Instead they're getting a maybe-nice guitar that a famous luthier polished.
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Date Aug. 20 2013 16:43:59
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Ruphus
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RE: FINE TUNING A GUITAR (in reply to Miguel de Maria)
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I am absolutely with what Miguel said above. However, as the topic was not about whether and how we could change this messed up world of exploitation and profits through hot air into one of democracy and fairness ( which you know I welcome anytime), but about a new guitar on given market that might give others of same price range a run for the money ... I mean: What if Tom´s concept effected more than marginally? If it resulted into guitars that outperform the competition? Would it than still matter to the consumer who and how it was produced? If you heard that someone earned 1000 bucks by spending only little time on it. I can say that to me it wouldn´t matter in the end while comparing to guitars that cost the same and perform inferiour. - And considering vagueness of manufactory: I own an old blanca from a famous brand, which was manufactured by standardized methods regardless of individual properties of the woods. You know, like all parts cut to certain dimensions independently of properties. A material scarilege, isn´t it. The brand earned its reputation through rather unrelated clues like celebrities´ showcasing etc. And thousands of buyers will have obtained heavily overpriced instruments, of which quite a number will have been duds. Yet, some of that production have been put out as fine guitars. Like that old warhorse here. Go figure. I belong to those who notice that indeed hand crafted guitars often display a certain quality that mass produced instruments mostly don´t have. Yet, do I own a dirt cheap parlor that performs so lovely that you need digging up in the super expensive shelves to find an equivalent or superiour. I am convinced that such like treating a soundboard and braces can yield significantly. And with the guitar manufactured carefully beforehand, such fine tuning might result in what I think to hear in the demo clips above, which seems quite something to my ears. Give Tom and his partners a chance to produce as well and label as meaningfully as they can. This mustn´t be a scam, and less even in a mixed up market with all that unclear origin and propriety as norm. Ruphus
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Date Aug. 20 2013 21:41:14
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BarkellWH
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RE: FINE TUNING A GUITAR (in reply to estebanana)
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quote:
Viva Salty Dedos! There is an old folk-blues song entitled "Salty Dog Blues" that has been recorded by many, including Flatt & Scruggs ("Let me be your Salty Dog...."). I think we should rework it, using the same tune and melody, but entitled "Salty Dedos Blues." ("Let me caress you with my Salty Dedos....") a-one, and a-two, and a-three, take it away Stephen! Cheers, Bill
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