| Subject: | RE: [RESOGUIT-L] Re: Tone Woods | | Date: | Wednesday, January 25, 2006 08:37:04 (-0800) | | From: | Matthew Snook <matt @..........com>
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| In reply to: | Message 2494 (written by James McNab) |
I've had similar thoughts about the blindfold idea. Keep in mind that I
recently fell in love and bought a beautiful maple guitar anyway, but I'm
not convinced that wood provides the primary character of the instrument
(for resos). At Wintergrass last year (it's only a few weeks away!) _the_
meeting place for reso-heads was the Greg Boyd shop, and the Mike Auldridge
Special was the reason. He had several solid top resos from different
makers to compare, and of course the pickers had their assortment of
Scheerhorns, Beards, Raycos, Dobros and Deneves for even more comparison.
This laminated guitar captured everybody's attention. The way it's finished
you can't even tell it's made of wood-jet black and shiny like a car. It
sounded like the Beard E-bodies to me, but maybe a little more refined. The
E's have more...twang. Harmonics, overtones, whatever. But maybe I'm
fooling myself. Eenie-meanie-miney-mo, I later bought an E (lovin' it)!
After playing there I ended up playing the new Raycos-great guitars-and
visited another shop that had some customs and also the Beard Gold-Tones.
I'm not sure I could distinguish blindfolded the difference between that
gold-tone and some of the Raycos and customs. It was a fabulous sound. A
fellow who is just starting out listened as I played through the whole
stock, then promptly went back and bought the Beard Gold-Tone!
I would love to actually do the blindfold test. It would be easy enough
with the great recording tools these days. Somebody play the same tune on a
few different axes with identical recording setup, and don't tell us which
is which. :)
But in a way it doesn't matter. If you can't tell them apart, pick your
favorite. If you can, then pick your favorite based on that. They're all
great guitars with such subtle differences that it takes some serious
picking time to get the gist of it. Talk about a win-win situation.
I could never tell the difference between Coke and Pepsi, either.
Matt
-----Original Message-----
From: James McNab [mailto:jimmcnab@hotmail.com]
Subject: RE: [RESOGUIT-L] Re: Tone Woods
...I could tell which was was
the rosewood and which one was the maple. I don't think I have an
exceptional gift or ear, but then again...
From: DeweySlideWell@aol.com
Subject: [RESOGUIT-L] Re: Tone Woods
joepa40@hotmail.com wrote:
...I think the design and construction are much more important
than the material used. Tone wood in a Dobro does more
for the picker than for the instrument itself.
The three most important things...
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