That vintage sound...
I've always been curious about how long it takes for a guitar to loosen up and dry out, to the point where it sounds as old as it's going to.So here's my hypothetical example: You buy a brand new 2007...
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I have a hunch a lot happens in the first half dozen years of playing.
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I think that the effects of aging are a little overblown. There are plenty of guys who played those now 65-year old herringbones in the early 1960s when the were only 20 or 25 years old. And the...
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Actually, vintage guitars probably have sounded their very best within the last decade or so due String Technology Improvements. I'm guessing they sounded mediocre with the original Black Diamond...
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I had a 1980 Gallagher G-72 Special that I sold in 1981. I ran into it again last year and it had quite a bit of that "old" sound. I was very surprised. So, my guess is 25 years. ymmv, RC R. Curry'49...
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Haven't played or heard this particular guitar, but I do know Ed Dodson. Great player/vocalist and he has some of the best looking vintage Martins I've seen. Ed knows what he's doing in the area of...
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Norman Blake says he thinks it takes from 3-5 yrs to break in a guitar...now to sound vintage? Who knows?
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Want to know how you can make any guitar sound better immediately?Hand it to D18RC aka Roy Curry.For those of you who don't know, Mr. Curry is a two-time national flatpicking champion. I was lucky...
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absolutely agree with the above. i was scoping out an HD28 last year and two folks played it in the store. one used a light pick (one of those red dunlop ones, sounded really flappy) and the HD28...
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I would say climate has a lot to do with it, but I think that the guitar has to be made well with quality woods first, and then after 68 years of playing, it will sound like a vintage guitar. I think...
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I have a '65 0-18, that I bought in the late '80s. It already sounded good then- warm, open, resonant. For about 10 years, it was my primary guitar. I probably played it 5 hours a week, on average....
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