george black

a few years back I bought a 1961 j50. It had stayed in the case, under the bed all its life. When it arrived it was beautiful but it sounded terrible. It smelled new and sounded dead. I decided then and there that time of play is more important than time elapsed. I tried attaching sound exciters to my guitars(not with the stick on) but have gone back to setting them very close to speakers. Best yet is to play them very hard for at least 15 minutes in addition to their normal play time. geo