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02 May 98 - 06:02 PM (#27074) Subject: maintainging two guitars From: steve t I noticed a thread about halfsize and backpack guitars. A friend of mine bought an expensive handmade one -- somewhat more expensive than a Baby Taylor. When I tried it out though, it sounded dead. I think he hadn't touched it in about 8 months, preferring his Guild when he wasn't travelling. My question is this: what are the best ways to keep your seldom used accoustic guitars sounding alive? Stick them three inches in front of normal volume speakers for six hours a week? Play them at least an hour a week? Any suggestions? |
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03 May 98 - 05:26 AM (#27117) Subject: RE: maintainging two guitars From: Frank in the swamps Steve, A friend once told me that the "stick 'em in front of a speaker and rattle 'em" technique worked. I don't don't know, I've never tried it, but I have a Taylor that sits in it's case most of the time and I can assure you that for this guitar, an hour or so a week isn't enough. It's as dead as a doornail. I still keep it in tune, but that's about all. Frank i.t.s. |
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04 May 98 - 12:27 AM (#27176) Subject: RE: maintainging two guitars From: steve t refresh Thanks, Frank. Anyone else with ideas? |
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04 May 98 - 09:26 AM (#27207) Subject: RE: maintainging two guitars From: Bert I have a son. I just leave a guitar out and it gets played. Bert. |
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04 May 98 - 10:23 AM (#27212) Subject: RE: maintainging two guitars From: Jon W. If I had two guitars (which I do) and the time to play them both (which I don't) I would keep one tuned in an alternate tuning and switch back and forth between 'em on different songs. |
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06 May 98 - 09:50 PM (#27553) Subject: RE: maintainging two guitars From: Gene E Dobros don't go dead! |
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08 May 98 - 05:23 PM (#27784) Subject: RE: maintainging two guitars From: BAZ The guy that's teaching my son how to play told him leave your guitar on you bed. You've got to pick it up to get in and if you pick it up you'll play it! might get crowded with two though. Regards Baz |
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08 May 98 - 08:38 PM (#27803) Subject: RE: maintainging two guitars From: murray@mpce.mq.edu.au If you live in a dry climate, or one that requires a lot of heating, it pays to humidify a string instrument. It can sound dead when it is dry (and worse, it can crack). We have the opposite problem here, but when we lived in Philly, the string players we knew had that problem. They use lewd looking things that get moistened and then inserted into an f-hole. I don't know what one the correct size for a guitar would look like, but I suspect Blind Lemon Jefferson has a song about it. Murray |