You have got to be kidding me...
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Graffiti62
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Kyler (JamesL) said:
I can agree with the theory that controlled vibrations can help loosen things up slightly, or "break them in," as they say. I actually found this a few months ago:
[youtube=425,350]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fIRffx48KVc[/youtube]
This uses the same theory.
Do I think its an overpriced novelty? Big time. Then again, its the simple supply and demand game that Stewart MacDonald has been playing for decades. Many of us will look at the wares through their catalog, and see some neat ideas, and the occasional deal. Do you need to necessarily buy a fret hammer from Dan Erlewine? No. Do the kits they offer you an idea of what you need to grab at Lowe's to make the kit yourself? Absolutely.
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Whether it works or not, Stew Mac seems to sell tools that are used by professionals as well as the hobbyist. The price is justified or considered costly depending on the need and amount use said tool will get. A $150 tool for (1) $85 speaker that will get used once may be pricey and doesn't make sense. For a guy selling different flavors of speakers and speaker cabs, one use of the tool may pay for itself.
In my own little world, a new set of linesman's pliers cut great but don't open and close easily. Heavy and frequent use is the only thing that can make them work correctly. Some guys have their own technique of throwing them or dropping them just right to loosen them up.
In my own little world, a new set of linesman's pliers cut great but don't open and close easily. Heavy and frequent use is the only thing that can make them work correctly. Some guys have their own technique of throwing them or dropping them just right to loosen them up.
Well, it started with pros who noticed that when they were on stage with a bunch of guitars, the newer acoustics that sat in front of the PA monitors were acting more like guitars that had been broken in. That progressed to the point that on the acoustic guitar forums, people were suggesting that when you go off to work, you should put your new guitar in front of your stereo speakers, and blast the volume for IT while you weren't there :laughing3:.... this is inevitable, however pathetic it may seem.
You can buy custom acoustics for + $10,000 that are built very lightly - thin wood, light bracing - and they will play more like an old Martin, or you can buy an old Martin for + $10,000, or you can buy a $339 Takamine and one of these gizmos and hope for the best - anything beats practicing, that's for sure! In my opinion, most acoustics would benefit more from being tied behind your truck and dragged around for a week, but that's just me... as Jeff Beck says,
"I unplug for NO ONE!"
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You can buy custom acoustics for + $10,000 that are built very lightly - thin wood, light bracing - and they will play more like an old Martin, or you can buy an old Martin for + $10,000, or you can buy a $339 Takamine and one of these gizmos and hope for the best - anything beats practicing, that's for sure! In my opinion, most acoustics would benefit more from being tied behind your truck and dragged around for a week, but that's just me... as Jeff Beck says,
"I unplug for NO ONE!"
arty07:
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If you're stoopid enough to buy that, you're stoopid enough to pay $150 for it....
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hannaugh said:
What she said !
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Graffiti62 said:
No offense - I find it difficult to believe that there's some here who haven't heard of speaker break-in.
As far as that unit goes, hard to say - wood does respond to vibrations after all.
The funny thing is, there's enough closed/inexperienced minds here that even if it did actually work, they'd
still pooh-pooh it and pull a Monty Python-esque, "she's a witch! let's burn her!". :icon_jokercolor:
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I was busy angling my trem claw. What'd I miss?
