Does wood make a difference?

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I make my stands out of corrugated cardboard. I only use them for one gig then throw them away. I love my one night stands.
 
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Securb said:
I make my stands out of corrugated cardboard. I only use them for one gig then throw them away. I love my one night stands.
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Lazarus1140 said:
You know no one can answer that without knowing what kind of music you play. In any case, 70% of your tone comes from the strap to strap button joint. That, and it's silly to think you can pursue a certain tone based on the inherent properties of strap material when some of the raw materials are harvested from the top of the plants in drought prone regions while raw materials for another strap from the same manufacturer using the supposed "same" raw materials may have been sourced from a flood prone region. And what about the unpredictable effects from swamp tides?

What are you ... like 14?
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Took me a while, but I knew that sounded familiar.

I have since done quite a few calculations and came up with 68% being how much the neck joint influences an electric guitar's wood-based tone. I've actually started to sell electric guitars that are only neck joints.

But on a more serious note, 7-ply straps are the best.
 
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For a stand that is rock solid............make your stand out of solid rock.
 
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Ok so what I've learned from this thread is I should get a rock stand and some strap locks, since that's 90% where time comes from, and throw the guitar away. Thanks everyone! You've been very helpful.
 
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beaubrummels said:
Ok so what I've learned from this thread is I should get a rock stand and some strap locks, since that's 90% where time comes from, and throw the guitar away. Thanks everyone! You've been very helpful.
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But only if you don't care about resale value. Strap locks kill the value of a rock stand.
 
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What in God's holy name are you people blathering about.
 
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yes. go grab your mahogany and then your all maple guitar and play them unplugged. woods/construction are EVERYTHING in a guitar. Pups are a small part of it...
 
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Personally, I think there are two camps of people. The first type refuses to think wood makes a difference, and those who "exagerate" the affect it has on tone.

The first group says, "Wood can't make a difference, the stand makes no contact with the guitar, or even the strings for that matter, so it can't affect the tone. It only makes sense". He backs it with no science. He does however back it with telling people the differences are all in their head and are so small even if they were differences, they couldn't be heard live or on vinyl.

The second group says, "Wood has to have an affect on tone, it's a basic principle of science. Stand wood plays a bigger part in the tone of a guitar than the pickups, amp, pedals, or even the wood on the guitar. If you choose a bad wood for your axe, you can't regain the tonal losses further down the signal chain. Notice how he sites science as a source of his opinion, but never explains it and starts spouting nonsense.

Until we find a way to easily switch guitar stands and record the results accurately without any variation, we will just have to fight about it.

But get basswood, it's cheaper.
 
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