Hello,
Has anyone purchased this and have comments to share? Tony Williamson has one and has a youtube clip with him using one and other youtube on the used of and stats on how well they open up your instrument.
Printable View
Hello,
Has anyone purchased this and have comments to share? Tony Williamson has one and has a youtube clip with him using one and other youtube on the used of and stats on how well they open up your instrument.
Well. The "science" is pretty weak. A solution? Store your instrument on a stand next to a good loudspeaker. Then groove on loud Bach Organ music :)
Here is a video from Marcel doing some testing on guitars.
I was skeptical before hand and I remain skeptical after watching it. But it was interesting to see.
Ninety four posts of discussion on it here:
https://www.mandolincafe.com/forum/t...ton-s-Mandolin
Me, I just pay for quality instruments that sound great when I get them, and don't need questionable gadgets to make them sound better.
Old idea with new tech. If you want a DIY version just lay your mandolin on a speaker and cycle sine waves in Ableton go from 90-21k up and down. I dont think it would do much though. I think play time plus environmental changes plus time is the only real solution to opening instruments up.
Years ago I bought a thing called a ToneRite or something similar, which is a vibrating rubbery lump with a claw to fit it on top of a violin bridge - same general principle I guess. It worked noticeably in loosening up some instruments, but made no difference to others. I left it running for about a week at a time. I think playing would have done the same thing, but I had maybe 5 fiddles at that time.