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CuteCube² Guitar - Play-in System for String Instruments

#121
There's a relatively small subset of acoustic instruments that sound better after they've been played for a few dozen to a few hundred hours. That break in period can be sped up with mechanical vibration rather than normal playing, but the end result is the same.

Any break in period with solid bodies is so slight it may as well not exist, although sometimes a bolt on neck will seat a little better or something like that.
 
#124
PDX Rich said:
But what is the best dryer for metal?
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Too easy, any dryer made by Viking of course. Can't get more metal then the original heavy metal band............of marauders.

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#125
Don't have a fight here but vibrations do wear down materials and change their mechanical properties, that's a fact. it can't be any kind of vibration, it has to have of an specific amplitude and frequency depending on the material, it also has to be there for a specific period of time. Now, is the vibration that goes through a bass body over the years what gives mojo to a bass? It could be, it has to be at least part of the equation me thinks. Problem with this thingy is you don't know what is the amplitude and frequency of the vibration it will emit as it depends of the music, and you don't know the natural frequency of the bass either, so if you don't choose the right music the vibrations coming from the thingy won't do a thing to the wood or it would take forever for something to happen.
 
#127
artechoke said:
I can't read a word of German, so I looked up what a ToneRite does. From the website:

The secret behind the ToneRite is its ability to continually produce and efficiently transfer vibrational energy into an instrument. ToneRite safely recreates and magnifies the same physics that naturally occur while playing. This stimulation generates a change to the instrument's integrated components and increases the resonate together as a whole. Not only will your instrument sound better, but the notes themselves will come easier and allow for playing difficult passages with less fatigue. The ToneRite will result in added volume with a fuller and more balanced sound. [Emphasis from the website]

Pure. Quackery.

The notion that the age of an instrument changes the fundamental design somehow is ludacris (faster response, volume). Even if were true, why would playing an MP3 through it for a week change anything? How could you conceivably quantify that? Does the type of music matter, or can it be any sound? Water trickling? Machine guns? Death Metal?

This thing is just one of those newfangled vibration speakers at twice the cost.

As for old violins sounding better than new ones, it turns out that much like bass players, violin players put too much stock into the age of an instrument as well.
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I agree!!!
 
#133
kdemello1980 said:
I tend to adhere to the homeopathic bridge philosophy. The fewer I own, the more I benefit. Currently I own zero, so by my logic I'm seeing all of the benefit of owning bridges.

I'll bet this doohickey will get me better gas mileage if I fit it to my distributor cap though.
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Hard to play a bass without a bridge.
 
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This appears to be one of those faith-based products. If one believes in it, they will not only play better but be amazed at the tonal improvement. A non-believer will feel and hear nothing different.

The audiophile community, of which I was a card carrying member for many years, is filled with stuff like this.
 
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AudioDwebe said:
This appears to be one of those faith-based products. If one believes in it, they will not only play better but be amazed at the tonal improvement. A non-believer will feel and hear nothing different.

The audiophile community, of which I was a card carrying member for many years, is filled with stuff like this.
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Some of which likely has a grain of truth to it, but sorting the wheat from the chaff ain't so easy. Especially when one has "catastrophic high frequency hearing loss". :( At least I don't have to spend $$ on a high end stereo! Just needs some good bass, I'm set. :)
 

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