Quizzz, 4 guitars compared. Can you point them out?

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Quizzz, 4 guitars compared. Can you point them out?

Post by Herman » Fri Jan 07, 2022 2:34 pm

One customer of me has 4 guitars I made. He made under fixed conditions samples of each guitar.
Question is: Can you tell which is which?
These are the guitars:
-12 fret Dreadnought Sloped shoulder, Sitka Spruce/Bosse Cedar
-OM 14 fret, European Spruce/Bocote
-OM 14 fret, European Spruce/Ovankol
-Jumbo 14 fret, Cedar/Padouk

Here the samples in different order:
The numbers for rythm and picking samples are from the same guitar.
Rythm 1
Rythm 2
Rythm 3
Rythm 4

Picking 1
Picking 2
Picking 3
Picking 4

Now tell, which is which!
Spoiler: it is difficult!
Have fun
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Re: Quizzz, 4 guitars compared. Can you point them out?

Post by Herman » Sat Jan 08, 2022 12:29 pm

Anyone? Be not scared. I know it is hard to tell.

There was an article about Stradivari violins. Ten different violins behind a curtain.
No one of the pro audience could tell. Ha!

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Re: Quizzz, 4 guitars compared. Can you point them out?

Post by Kenny Wiebusch » Sat Jan 08, 2022 4:57 pm

#1 12 fret
#2 Ovankol
#3 Bocote
#4 Jumbo
Did I win?

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Re: Quizzz, 4 guitars compared. Can you point them out?

Post by Herman » Sun Jan 09, 2022 5:43 am

Yes, compliments and a big thanks for joining. But sorry, no match at all.
Anyone else?

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Re: Quizzz, 4 guitars compared. Can you point them out?

Post by John Parchem » Sun Jan 09, 2022 10:41 am

They all sound good, very close in sound with some differences.
#2 is the only one I hear a real difference in that it has a warmer sound. So I was going to put the cedar jumbo as number 2. To my ears 3 and 4 sound identical so I grouped them as the OMs given that the 12th fret is not number #1 My guess is

#1 jumbo
#2 12 fret
#3 ovakol
#4 bocote

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Re: Quizzz, 4 guitars compared. Can you point them out?

Post by Herman » Sun Jan 09, 2022 12:19 pm

Very good John, you got number 2 right. The warmer sound is from the 12 fret Dreadnought.
The others however are not right. Keep in mind that there is a jumbo and 2 OM's. They should sound different, shouldn't they?

This shows imo that to a player guitars feel distinctive to each one. For resonance, clearity, balance, playbility etcetera...
But to an audience a good guitar sounds like...... a guitar! Pearls for swines.

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Re: Quizzz, 4 guitars compared. Can you point them out?

Post by John Parchem » Sun Jan 09, 2022 12:37 pm

Agree with you comments, I was surprised I could not hear the spruce, cedar difference. I will re listen biased with what I think is the list.

#1 bocote
#2 12 fret
#3 jumbo
#4 Ovankol

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