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Old 04-18-2009, 09:22 AM
Sordid Tales Sordid Tales is offline
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I must admit, for being an acoustic player for so long most of my repair experience has to do with electrics.

About 2 years ago I did a little experiment where I took a strat and did a basic recording with it. No effects, no overdrive, straight into the board. The response was quick, sharp, and had the strat attack.

I then glued the neck joint (using the neck bolts as clamps, and then removing them once the glue had dried) using traditional hide glue. The following recording was sluggish, warmer, and the response had diminished (I'm almost compelled to call it "tube amp sag").

I noticed a little increase in sustain, but the tone had changed dramatically.

Now I know that 80% of an acoustics tone and color comes from the top (the amp if you will) and bracing. It's the way acoustics are, but I find it absurd to believe that the construction techniques in a guitar have no holding in the overall tone.
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