"Becoming a luthier will be a relaxing way to earn a decent living, and surely selling 3-4 guitars a year won't be that difficult."
I'd be embarrassed to say who told me this.
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| Author: | Pat Foster [ Fri Dec 19, 2014 10:23 am ] |
| Post subject: | Lutherie myths you've heard? |
I thought topic could be useful and maybe entertaining. My new favorite: the grain is oriented lengthwise because the sound travels through the grain lines. What have you heard? Pat |
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| Author: | Greg Maxwell [ Fri Dec 19, 2014 10:48 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Lutherie myths you've heard? |
"Becoming a luthier will be a relaxing way to earn a decent living, and surely selling 3-4 guitars a year won't be that difficult." I'd be embarrassed to say who told me this.
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| Author: | Pat Foster [ Fri Dec 19, 2014 11:41 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Lutherie myths you've heard? |
Greg Maxwell wrote: "Becoming a luthier will be a relaxing way to earn a decent living, and surely selling 3-4 guitars a year won't be that difficult." True, if you're Ervin Somogyi. Pat |
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| Author: | dofthesea [ Fri Dec 19, 2014 11:51 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Lutherie myths you've heard? |
I heard a rumor that your having a christmas sale on that padauk guitar 75% off with free shipping. |
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| Author: | dzsmith [ Fri Dec 19, 2014 1:11 pm ] |
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That having a thin nitro finish on a Strat will enable the wood to "breathe". Not sure what that means, but I like to make sure my wood is dead before I saw it up. |
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| Author: | cbrviking [ Fri Dec 19, 2014 1:22 pm ] |
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I'm going to make my guitar so I can save money. |
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| Author: | Josh H [ Fri Dec 19, 2014 1:31 pm ] |
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"you just need to tighten that rod in the neck to lower the action" |
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| Author: | Alan Carruth [ Fri Dec 19, 2014 1:33 pm ] |
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Sound runs along the braces, too. There's 'magical' wood that ALWAYS makes a great guitar, no matter who builds it. Factories make better guitars than individuals because they can be more precise. ...and so on... |
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| Author: | sdsollod [ Fri Dec 19, 2014 2:00 pm ] |
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A shiny new guitar is better than an old one... |
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| Author: | Chris Pile [ Fri Dec 19, 2014 2:05 pm ] |
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I don't know about myths.... but I remember lots of goofy stuff like these.... "I need to have my aperture adjusted" (he meant the truss rod) "Can you install a screaming bar?" (wanted a Floyd Rose) "Isn't it cheaper to have you make me a guitar than buying one from the store?" "What's the best wood for a guitar?" "What's the best pickup for a guitar?" "What's the best guitar out there?" (on the sales floor) "I want it to sound just like Eddie's" (as in Van Halen) |
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| Author: | Glen H [ Fri Dec 19, 2014 2:10 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Lutherie myths you've heard? |
My personal favorite: "Great sounding guitars are built so light they are just on the cusp of disaster" I know a lot of people have found this not to be a myth, but I am not one of them. "All else being equal then ......(insert belief)" I don't believe all else is ever equal in guitars. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk |
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| Author: | WudWerkr [ Fri Dec 19, 2014 2:27 pm ] |
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" Ovations got some good stuff out" ![[headinwall]](./images/smilies/headbangwalluf8.gif "Mad") 
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| Author: | jfmckenna [ Fri Dec 19, 2014 3:15 pm ] |
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I'm sure many a luthier has many a myth but mostly I hear them from customers. IDK where they get there ideas from, you guys maybe? :p |
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| Author: | kencierp [ Fri Dec 19, 2014 3:45 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Lutherie myths you've heard? |
From John Greven http://www.grevenguitars.com/pdfs/MartinMyths.pdf |
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| Author: | Pat Foster [ Fri Dec 19, 2014 4:27 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Lutherie myths you've heard? |
dofthesea wrote: I heard a rumor that your having a christmas sale on that padauk guitar 75% off with free shipping. Hah! Let's see, 75% off $16,000, that sounds about right! Ken, that's a good one. I was just reading that this morning. Another one: you get better tone if the strings push down harder on the saddle. Lighter (or heavier), or stiffer (or looser) anything is better. Pat |
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| Author: | Pat Foster [ Fri Dec 19, 2014 4:33 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Lutherie myths you've heard? |
cbrviking wrote: I'm going to make my guitar so I can save money. I fell for that one about ten years ago. Proved to be true, after I'd sold about five of them. Pat |
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| Author: | David Collins [ Fri Dec 19, 2014 4:51 pm ] |
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"Certified Luthier". |
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| Author: | Rod True [ Fri Dec 19, 2014 4:58 pm ] |
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Aren't we all "certifiable" David?? Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk |
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| Author: | bftobin [ Fri Dec 19, 2014 5:44 pm ] |
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How about the classical guitar that takes a month to tune up to pitch. |
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| Author: | bluescreek [ Fri Dec 19, 2014 5:53 pm ] |
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Pearl makes them sound better . |
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| Author: | Tom West [ Fri Dec 19, 2014 6:02 pm ] |
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All Luthiers are smart and good looking.............!! Tom |
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| Author: | Terence Kennedy [ Fri Dec 19, 2014 8:07 pm ] |
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Luthiers all have beards and ponytails and work in a dimly lit room amid a pile of wood shavings doing nothing but carving stuff. A quiet, contemplative, and monastic existence. |
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| Author: | Eric Reid [ Sat Dec 20, 2014 12:55 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Lutherie myths you've heard? |
kencierp wrote: From John Greven's site: "Did you know that most of the Brazllianlogged between 1850 and 1930 was shipped to France, shredded into tiny bits, soaked in solvent and made into perfume? The woodworking side of it was very small. Furniture took up less than 10% of the exported wood and the guitar trade was on the order of .01% . I find it very unsettling to think of how much of this amazingwood ended up as pulp." Well, no. The perfume source was an unrelated species. (An unrelated genus also.) |
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| Author: | meddlingfool [ Sat Dec 20, 2014 1:35 am ] |
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All Luthiers are smart and good looking.............!! Tom That one's actually true. |
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| Author: | Colin North [ Sat Dec 20, 2014 6:31 am ] |
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meddlingfool wrote: All Luthiers are smart and good looking.............!! Tom That one's actually true. And drive Porsches...... |
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