On Sunday 19 December 2004 11:55 am, Russell Hanaghan wrote: > MarC wrote: > > En/na LinuxMedia ha escrit: > >> My guitar is in perfect tune now. I never knew how good an accoustic > >> guitar can sound when it's in such perfect tune. > >> > > :) that was funny! I'm just trying to imagine how it could sound when > > > > it wasn't in tune... > > > > But be careful about "machine-tuning" ! > > I believe in perfect tuning as a personal trade-off between all the > > imperfections. Being out of tune you can make your guitar sound personal! > > So before your guitar maybe had a great personality (XD)and now is a > > plain guitar... ooh what have you done!!! acoustics and imperfection > > rulez! > > don't let a hacker tune your guitar! that could be a disaster!! XD > > Lets see if we can start another semi useless string of which guitarists > the world over can nit pick! :) > > Fact is, it is impossible to tune an acoustic guitar > "perfectly"...Invariably, when you have it tuned so an open G chord Even temperment puts some spin on perfect as well. > sounds spot on, an open A or even C will be a tad off. And the same > applies to the inverse of course. This all due to a general lack of > adjustment for intonation on acoustic axes. But to the untuned ear > (which I agree in sort...should be the final judge of how your axe is > "tuned" ) this is not really noticeble. > > "don't let a hacker tune your guitar!" Now that's a great line! :) > Although I'm not quite of the same ilk on this point (ergo...B52's Rock > lobster 4 string special) and an untuned instrument of ~any~ sort will Hehehe I'm confused. Should I send you a pack of strings, or a pair of sidecutters? ;) > usually cause demons to appear in my personality and require excorcism > if not remedied, if it is the missing "glue" to your music..... ~enjoy~ > > R~
