Fullmental Alpinist Posted August 30, 2013 Share Posted August 30, 2013 This whole video is worth watching, but if you're in a hurry fast forward to 3:45 and listen to the tone of this piece of Brazillian rosewood. Amazing! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cRTRhwDprjY FMA Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
duluthdan Posted August 30, 2013 Share Posted August 30, 2013 Brilliant ! "Honey, we need a new air-pump." She'll buy that. Just have to figure out how to tell her that a qaulity air-pump could run 3 or 4 grand... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fullmental Alpinist Posted August 31, 2013 Author Share Posted August 31, 2013 Brilliant ! "Honey, we need a new air-pump." She'll buy that. Just have to figure out how to tell her that a qaulity air-pump could run 3 or 4 grand... Nicely done duluthdan I needed that laugh. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JuanCarlosVejar Posted August 31, 2013 Share Posted August 31, 2013 I know why I like maple now =D thanks JC Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
merseybeat1963 Posted September 2, 2013 Share Posted September 2, 2013 Id seen this and next part before..memorable Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
capmaster Posted September 2, 2013 Share Posted September 2, 2013 Although the demonstrations are fascinating and may be illustrating, they merely enlighten the radiating and projecting function of the woods. However, there are solid-borne sound ascpects also coming into play. Years ago I talked to a luthier who told me that it's about speed of sound, mass inertia, elasticity, reflection and diffraction within the body and neck construction. These properties seem to explain what I experience with my piezo-equipped solidbody guitars, too. There are four hard-tail and three Floyd Rose vibrato solidbody electrics, and the different sounds of the bodies translate to the piezo's output, too. The piezos also transduce tapping and knocking on body or neck like noises intentionally or unintentionally caused by the player. They sound distinctively different "boomy" when knocked with muted strings, and overall sound as well as overall behaviour come very close to those of piezo-transduced hollowbody guitars. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phelonious Ponk Posted September 2, 2013 Share Posted September 2, 2013 Good stuff. I had a correspondence going on with John Greven several years ago when I was searching for the one "big guitar" I'd settle in on. I must have asked a million questions. At one point he told be that 90% of the sound of a particular guitar was in the top, that he could make a maple guitar sound like a rosewood guitar. Sometime later, he sent me one of his shop guitars on trial, to introduce me to his work. I kept it and played it for a couple of weeks. It was a Martin 0000 size, what John calls an "F," in maple and spruce. I've owned a few maple guitars, and I think maple has a "sound." This guitar didn't have that. It didn't exactly sound like rosewood, but it definitely sounded like "not maple." With that said, Ervin Somogyi is an amazing builder, that piece of Braz sounded like a marimba and that was all very impressive. But there are a lot of ways to build great guitars. P Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
onewilyfool Posted September 2, 2013 Share Posted September 2, 2013 Brilliant ! "Honey, we need a new air-pump." She'll buy that. Just have to figure out how to tell her that a qaulity air-pump could run 3 or 4 grand... Try $30 grand for one of HIS guitars....lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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