Arm dampener
Posted: Thu Dec 15, 2022 9:01 pm
In my first and recent post I told y’all about an exceptional 2008 D2H-SB that I got last week. My first Collings.
Please explain to me why this guitar has absolutely no noticeable volume or tone change when I rest my average sized arm on the bout while playing. Is this something magical Bill accomplished with all his guitars? Or is this one a freakish exception?
Every guitar I’ve owned, and have had many, will dampen once an arm gets thrown over the bout to play. Stands to reason, right? But this Collings doesn’t seem to care about reason.
The more I play this guitar the more I fall in love!
Not so with the Martin HD-28LSV I got the same day. And on a side note: With my BG playing style I needed to raise the action by replacing the bone saddle with a taller one and that, of course, helped its tone and volume a lot. Anyway, as per usual with most guitars I’ve played or owned, the arm will somewhat hamper its sound.
There have been very few guitars I’ve played—belonging to someone else—that seemed unaffected by this “armed robbery”.
Is there a known reason for this positive, and rare outcome?
Please explain to me why this guitar has absolutely no noticeable volume or tone change when I rest my average sized arm on the bout while playing. Is this something magical Bill accomplished with all his guitars? Or is this one a freakish exception?
Every guitar I’ve owned, and have had many, will dampen once an arm gets thrown over the bout to play. Stands to reason, right? But this Collings doesn’t seem to care about reason.
The more I play this guitar the more I fall in love!
Not so with the Martin HD-28LSV I got the same day. And on a side note: With my BG playing style I needed to raise the action by replacing the bone saddle with a taller one and that, of course, helped its tone and volume a lot. Anyway, as per usual with most guitars I’ve played or owned, the arm will somewhat hamper its sound.
There have been very few guitars I’ve played—belonging to someone else—that seemed unaffected by this “armed robbery”.
Is there a known reason for this positive, and rare outcome?
