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Post subject: An old question about wood and sound....
Posted: Thu Aug 30, 2007 4:35 pm
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Like i say in the subject this is an old question that for while I have been thinking. There is difference of sound in two Stratocasters that have the same characteristics except for the finish?. For example two Stratocasters Ri ´62 (same guitars both ´96 MIJ) with rosewood neck. One with Sunburst finish and another natural. Both have the same good care and pics (for example the classic Texas Special).
the question is: 1) Both guitars will get different tones? 2) the lack (or not) of paint (or in this case the sunburst) will make a different "tone" in each guitar?


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Posted: Thu Aug 30, 2007 4:53 pm
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There are, as you know many things that go into how a guitar will sound.

1. The wood (type, density(weight), moisture
2. paint (nitro or poly) Thinkness of the paint (is there any left on the body).
3. electronics
4. fret board (rosewood, maple, ebomy)
5. guage of strings
6. nut and bridge
7. size of the routing for the electronic

I've played guitars that were the same model (50th Anniversary Strat) and all four of them played and sounded different to me. There are things that builders can control and then things that builders can't control.
Also you have to take into acount the player. Strats are famous for bringing out the personality of the player. My roomate has a lighter touch than I do. I have a sharp attack.

As I was told by a guitarist, "Everything counts."

I believe it to this day.

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Posted: Thu Aug 30, 2007 5:12 pm
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No two guitars built the same day out of the same material will sound exactly the same. Each will have it's own identity.

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This is kinda off subject alittle, but since guitars have distinct tones because of the type of wood used, I often wonder if a piano sounds different depending on the wood used.

Any opinions???


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Posted: Thu Aug 30, 2007 5:26 pm
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Guitar_Hurricane wrote:
This is kinda off subject alittle, but since guitars have distinct tones because of the type of wood used, I often wonder if a piano sounds different depending on the wood used.

Any opinions???


I believe the type of wood makes a big difference in instruments as well as amp/speaker cabinets.

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Posted: Fri Aug 31, 2007 12:40 pm
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On acoustic and acoustic-electric guitars, the type, quality, and thickness of the finish has a significant impact on the tone of higher-end models. To a lesser extent, this is true for hollow-body electrics.

With solid-body electrics like the Stratocaster, the finish (or lack thereof) color has negligible tone-producing influence compared to the type of wood used in the body (and it's age) and the types of pickup coils (and patterns) used. Within a given species of wood, boards from the same factory construction pallet that get glued together to make the body will have the most minor of sound producing density properties differences. Given all the variables of pot positions, switch settings, amplifier settings, and so on, kindergarten finger paint of ANY color is about as good as perfectly applied polyurethane as a tone enhancer on any given solid-body. The function of the finish is to seal the wood from the elements and allow it to age gracefully. After decades, some aged solid-body instruments (as a group) seem to emit a subtly mellower tone at given settings compared to their greener counterparts, but there are no guarantees of this. Some may have it, others not. The example I use in my message signature space seems to be nicely on it's way to getting it.


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