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Musician Beck had an article in the New York Times about 10 influences. Here is what he said about his guitar


Silvertone 1448 Guitar - “It’s a cheap guitar from the Sears catalog, basically made out of particle board. It’s not considered remotely in the pantheon of great instruments; it’s sort of looked down upon by real musicians. I think I bought it for about $60. Now I have dozens of incredible, classic guitars, but I keep going back to this one that’s supposedly not so good. It barely stays in tune. But it just has this sort of rickety sound — beautifully hellacious, but also a little broken and tender. I’ve recorded so many of my albums with it. I’ve been playing it my entire career.”


Beauty is in the ear of the be-listener

Ed

Not a put down, but for some types of music refinement just gets in the way.

Thinking about this guitar, I re-watched the Leonardo Project video where they played 16 guitars by 8 makers, one each in Tropical and non-Tropical woods:

http://www.leonardo-guitar-research.com

At the end, this comes up

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Wc5NVyb89Y

Would 2 sound different if you made one out of the current headlines and one out of the comics??

Oh well

Ed

It's all in the glue Formica is essentially no different - multiple layers of paper glued together with a photographic finish on the surface.