legionserial
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It's also possible that things just used to be made better than they are now.
Lt. Bob
Spread the Daf!
Dogbreath
Im an ex-spurt
That's definitely true.
Just look at me compared to the latest models!
but you IS a sexy bastid.
Milnoque
Resident Curmudgeon
I thought I would add a point to the rest of this discussion:
Acoustic guitars of the fourties and fifties and electric guitars of the fifties and sixties (along with their amps) defined for most of us what those instrument types should sound like. Our idea of good tone was dictated by Teles, Strats, Pauls, D-28s and J-45s. If other guitars had been popular at the time our idea of good tone might be very different. Those instruments were built by different craftsmen with different processes to (in most cases) different designs using somewhat different materials than those made today. There is no way to factor out all these things so we can judge what difference age makes. Shoot, pull two guitars of the same make and model off the rack and they may well sound very different.
Acoustic guitars of the fourties and fifties and electric guitars of the fifties and sixties (along with their amps) defined for most of us what those instrument types should sound like. Our idea of good tone was dictated by Teles, Strats, Pauls, D-28s and J-45s. If other guitars had been popular at the time our idea of good tone might be very different. Those instruments were built by different craftsmen with different processes to (in most cases) different designs using somewhat different materials than those made today. There is no way to factor out all these things so we can judge what difference age makes. Shoot, pull two guitars of the same make and model off the rack and they may well sound very different.
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I can never understand the logic behind someone buying a new guitar and then attaching a gadget to it to make it sound 'old'.
If you want a old guitar why not just buy a second hand one.
Better still, why not just choose a guitar that you like the sound of, regardless of whether its old or new.
I have 2 archtops from the late 1920's that I like the sound of, but then I am not a big fan of flattops.
I would assume that not all guitars tonally age well.
If you want a old guitar why not just buy a second hand one.
Better still, why not just choose a guitar that you like the sound of, regardless of whether its old or new.
I have 2 archtops from the late 1920's that I like the sound of, but then I am not a big fan of flattops.
I would assume that not all guitars tonally age well.