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Carter Simcoe
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Yeah, Im talking about sustain which is increased with set necks.
toyL said:lets see...where to begin?....anyone who believes that the type of wood used and method of construction (i.e. bolt-on vs. glued into place neck) of an "electric" guitar affects the "resonance" and "tone" of what is ultimately OUTPUT or replicated by a loudspeaker is simply wrong.... physics101 and a basic understanding of "electro-magnetism" will set you free from whatever manufacturer's hype has you duped
the electric guitar produces an electro-magnetic "signal", localized at the pick-up, which follows a path of least resistance--your guitar cord--largely isolated (insulated) from the wood, glue, pearl-inlay, binding, and other materials which are not really conductive at all--that is to say--they are not part of the "path" along which the signal travels to get to the speaker....if these materials are not part of the path along which the signal travels, it is therefore impossible for them to color the "tone" or in any way affect resonance, sustain, attack, decay, or whatever....simple, right?
toyL said:fact is, if I carefully tweak those 4 little knobs on my Gibson it'll sound just like a strat...
more importantly, if I tweak a few knobs on my amps, and then adjust the reverb, delay, distortion, etc. on the processor and at my feet, the actual sound OUTPUT from the "speakers" cannot be distinguished from early recordings of strats....notice that none of the above requires different wood, special bindings, different hardware, "glue"--of all things (that's crazy folks)
--just a note here--I have been in defense electronics for nearly 20years, and have personally used at least dozens of various bonding materials in close proximity to all manner of electronic design
what your ears "hear" at any given moment is not simply the result of the construction/materials used......I stand behind my original statement to the effect that the resonance and tone perceived from an electric guitar are functions of the trons involved in placing the guitar's signal onto a conductive path that ultimately comes from a "speaker" not glue or wood....later.
toyL said:lets see...where to begin?....anyone who believes that the type of wood used and method of construction (i.e. bolt-on vs. glued into place neck) of an "electric" guitar affects the "resonance" and "tone" of what is ultimately OUTPUT or replicated by a loudspeaker is simply wrong.... physics101 and a basic understanding of "electro-magnetism" will set you free from whatever manufacturer's hype has you duped....we're talking about "electric" guitars here, not "acoustic" guitars...acoustic instruments produce sound as a function of "mechanical action" upon physical matter and space....electric instruments produce sound as a function of "electro-mechanical action" upon physical matter and space....