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Slowy wrote: ↑Sun Aug 07, 2022 2:57 pm

jhyang549 wrote: ↑Sun Aug 07, 2022 10:08 am Just strip the paint if it doesn't look or feel right to you. That should be the reason why you want to do this. Personal preference should always win over findings in science journals when it comes to guitars.

To be clear, I'm quite happy with the look of this guitar (a bit shiny but). And I'm happy with the guitar; it's the perfect vintage Strat for me. In fact, I wouldn't even be thinking about this if it wasn't such a good instrument (could it be even better? ).

Because it's a brand name in excellent condition I don't feel the liberty to experiment in the way afforded by my partcasters. But If I can be convinced that something will make a good guitar even better, I'll do it.

Slowy wrote: ↑Sun Aug 07, 2022 2:42 pm

olegmcnoleg wrote: ↑Sun Aug 07, 2022 2:23 pm

jhyang549 wrote: ↑Sun Aug 07, 2022 10:08 am

I've read that white painted guitars can affect the resonance Vs non-white painted guitars because the amount of primer that is needed is greater, hence greater dampening

But Slowy, we are talking about differences that is practically negligible and only of scientific interest. There are so many other factors of how a guitar resonates besides paint it becomes impossible to isolate.

Just strip the paint if it doesn't look or feel right to you. That should be the reason why you want to do this. Personal preference should always win over findings in science journals when it comes to guitars.

Also grain filler, which is applied to most electric guitars. Can't imagine that being resonant.

But to think of it another way... What if the finish helps to lock the vibrations inside the guitar, rather than letting them escape... not much use for an electric guitar to radiate

An excerpt from the tome Jay posted. This theory is expanded in the text but in essence it says,

".......in the acoustic guitar, the sound energy needs to travel through the body i.e. through the wood, while in
the electric guitar, the part of the sound energy that is reflected from the string to the wood is captured.
Any conjecture that, in the electric guitar, the vibration energy needs to be also fed to the guitar body as much as possible, is wrong."[/i]

Ah, wormy cans everywhere!

olegmcnoleg wrote: ↑Sun Aug 07, 2022 5:02 pm

Slowy wrote: ↑Sun Aug 07, 2022 2:42 pm

olegmcnoleg wrote: ↑Sun Aug 07, 2022 2:23 pm

Also grain filler, which is applied to most electric guitars. Can't imagine that being resonant.

But to think of it another way... What if the finish helps to lock the vibrations inside the guitar, rather than letting them escape... not much use for an electric guitar to radiate

An excerpt from the tome Jay posted. This theory is expanded in the text but in essence it says,

".......in the acoustic guitar, the sound energy needs to travel through the body i.e. through the wood, while in
the electric guitar, the part of the sound energy that is reflected from the string to the wood is captured.
Any conjecture that, in the electric guitar, the vibration energy needs to be also fed to the guitar body as much as possible, is wrong."[/i]

Ah, wormy cans everywhere!

Yep, that quote sums it up nicely. You don’t really want the body to be leaking all that nice sound energy… you want it all in the strings.

jhyang549 wrote: ↑Sun Aug 07, 2022 3:11 pm
Better to you. If you did this, it would aesthetically join your Arps very well. I personally think the tonal differences would be practically negligible. But it would have quite a impact on the looks and the feel of the instrument. Isn't that what causes people to love their guitar day-to-day? Because it looks cool and feels perfect?

I don't know. You only live once.

Jay wrote: ↑Sun Aug 07, 2022 6:15 pm

olegmcnoleg wrote: ↑Sun Aug 07, 2022 5:02 pm

Slowy wrote: ↑Sun Aug 07, 2022 2:42 pm

An excerpt from the tome Jay posted. This theory is expanded in the text but in essence it says,

".......in the acoustic guitar, the sound energy needs to travel through the body i.e. through the wood, while in
the electric guitar, the part of the sound energy that is reflected from the string to the wood is captured.
Any conjecture that, in the electric guitar, the vibration energy needs to be also fed to the guitar body as much as possible, is wrong."[/i]

Ah, wormy cans everywhere!

Yep, that quote sums it up nicely. You don’t really want the body to be leaking all that nice sound energy… you want it all in the strings.

Some people associate a resonating electric guitar neck/body with 'guitar goodness'

Slowy wrote: ↑Sun Aug 07, 2022 6:25 pm

Jay wrote: ↑Sun Aug 07, 2022 6:15 pm

olegmcnoleg wrote: ↑Sun Aug 07, 2022 5:02 pm

Yep, that quote sums it up nicely. You don’t really want the body to be leaking all that nice sound energy… you want it all in the strings.

Some people associate a resonating electric guitar neck/body with 'guitar goodness'

Yeah. I'm one of them.

Gentlemen, you realise this is getting seriously Geeky. Just checking everyone's good with that?

Slowy wrote: ↑Sun Aug 07, 2022 10:26 am I blame Conway for this disturbance in the Force. He handed me his Novo. That thing is not just good, it's completely off the charts.

jimi wrote: ↑Sun Aug 07, 2022 11:50 pm

Slowy wrote: ↑Sun Aug 07, 2022 10:26 am I blame Conway for this disturbance in the Force. He handed me his Novo. That thing is not just good, it's completely off the charts.

It is an outstanding guitar. That pricetag though. Almost wish I hadnt played it.

Slowy wrote: ↑Mon Aug 08, 2022 5:26 am I told myself it's only a mid range mountain bike.
Didn't help much.