Rick,

That's fascinating 'cause it gets to what I was talking about as the (somewhat) controversial position some hold on the nature of guitars that project vs. guitars that sound good to the player.

Of particular interest to me was that I was talking with a fellow about this in terms relative to guitar weight and how that effects sound.

this fellow proceeded to 'splain to me that the reason I may not care as much for the Collings sound was because it was made to "project".

furthermore, I was schooled, the heavier built guitars like Collings and Goodall will sound better on the other side-----so don't be fooled by that warm Santa Cruz, Martin, (other lighter weight builder) sound. It only sounds that good to the player---not the audience.

Um. I think I prefer your reasoned approach of testing, to his overarching theory.

interesting theory though------y'know a music box only projects when on a table...