Post by TonyKgull on Feb 14, 2022 12:32:39 GMT -5
Garland, I agree that for many people it may come down to what they want to hear from a guitar, but my point was actually the other way around.
What I was saying is that after over 20+ guitars and over 30 years playing them, I can't not hear (pardon the double negative! ) the difference between the overall sound of the guitar due to it's build qualities, and the color of the different tone woods. It's not something I want (not that it's a bad thing) it's just something that has naturally ended up being the case due to years of playing and experience with different guitars.
In other words, the years have taught me to hear what's actually there. I'll admit, when I was younger, I may have heard what I wanted to hear in many of my first guitars. That may be why I ended up with so many crappy guitars. LOL!
But now, honestly, I would have to be willing to delude myself and believe that delusion in order to hear what I want to hear vs what actually is. And I've never been willing to do that. I'm a realist, a facts person, a lover of and an arm-chair scientist. I've always been attracted to the truth and what's actually going on more than I've ever been attracted to what I want or wishful thinking.
I also don't believe that a guitar's sound is subjective. It can't be actually. Now, what sounds good to each different person or, the kind of sound we like, will be subjective, but the actual objective sound that a guitar produces cannot be.
All of the above just serves to help me better find what you're talking about though; which is what I want to hear from a guitar. The only difference is, I find the guitar that produces the sound I want instead of just hearing what I want from the sound of any old guitar.