I would like to hear all the myths surrounding guitars and how modyfing one thing or another will either improve or remove from the tone. I'll get it started with this one, I heard that the more you play your guitar, the better it will sound. I know that woods characteristic change over time, but will playing your guitar more improve the sound?

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Its a lifestyle.....

Playing alot will probably not improve the sound of your axe per se, but it will certainly improve the sound of you!

My al time favorite is "if you removr the tremolo cover, it improves tone".Right.

Just the other day a gentleman was claiming his Strat sounded tonefully different (as distinct from hum) with and without the shielding foil on the underside of the pickguard.

To my surprise, Forum user Martian agreed with him - so I shall be taking that one seriously!

'Course, everyone knows that eight screw pickguards give a more vintage chimey tone than eleven screw ones. That's just common sense...

Cheers - C

Smearing boogers on the windings around the ball end of the strings will help prevent string breakage once the boogers have permeated the windings and dried. While still wet though, boogers will aid in saddle lubrication thereby making for easier string return from bending which of course, enhances tuning stability. A further perk of this practice is that with no extra effort, a genuine 'relic' look for the saddles and surrounding area is only a matter of minutes from initial application to 'rock hard' results.

And if you've read this post this far, ponder that the above practice also gives a whole new dimension to the meanings, "finger picking" and playing a, "boogie".

And best of all for all you ecologically conscious types, only organic products are used for this application.

I SINCERELY hope YMMV.

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You dig?

OMG

I took the protective plastic cover off my MIM standard pickguard about two weeks after I got it. WORST mistake I EVER made. Now, the tone is horrible and the guitar sounds like rubbish. Who woulda thunk.

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"I like the way he puts Yngwie J. Malmsteen on his album covers. You know,....so you don't confuse him with all the other Yngwie Malmsteens in the business"


2008 Fender MIM Stratocaster
2010 Epiphone Masterbilt
2009 Fender Super Champ XD

I love it when somebody tries to sell a guitar as "new". How can it be "new" if you are selling it, and not an autorized Fender dealer??? If you own it, it is already used. And if you played it once for 30 seconds, it is not new. The second you walk out of the store, it is no longer "new".
You can say " like new, mint condition, excellent condition, pristine, in its case since forever, never seen a gig etc. " Just not new.

One that sounds made up but actually works.

Dont bother with nutsauce, vasceline or even graphite on your guitar nut (Graphite/pencil lead leaves a horrible stain). Get some dental floss and rub it into the nutslots, just like you'd floss your teeth. Works great as a lube, keeps the nutslots white and smells nice too.

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No no and no

I'm surprised no one has spread the rumor that reliced guitars sound better. Everyone is making them nowadays.

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Live guitars: 2009 LTD Truckster, 1989 Strat Plus, 2001 Am Standard Strat, 1996 MIJ Jaguar, 2007 Gibson Explorer 76 reissue, 1999 Ibanez RG7621, LTD MH-301, LTD FM400, 1999 Jackson Kelly, Mystery Les Paul, Hamer Chaparel, Fender FM 62SCE A/E Mandolin

That red guitars "make you play faster".

Just like red runners...

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I'm glad I ate a while ago and not recently...

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No no and no

Signature models make you sound like your favorite artist.