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Originally Posted by ronjazz
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05-08-2021 12:33 PM
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i used a headphone and had no real preference.
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With cheap speakers and bad hearing, I like A a little more. A little mellower.
But, they're both good.
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Listening over Grado SR325e headphones, I preferred B. I thought the frequency pallet was broader and more balanced, but it could be it just had relatively more bass. It might also have been compressed differently or slightly louder than A. Whatever the reason, I preferred B.
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Some really interesting and well considered response. Thank you all for the input. (I also posted it on the Gear Page and got some input there as well, although none of it as detailed as what some of you here have provided).
My decision is made. I'm going with A. As 6V6ster noted, there's a low end hump around 200 HZ but that shouldn't be very hard to fix with an EQ and as Jimmy Blue Note and RonJazz have noted, this is ad much about being decisive and committed as it is about the actual guitars involved.
The guitar in A has been my #1 guitar for almost 10 years (with a huge number of experiments coming and going over those years). It's incredibly stable. Very quiet. Easy to record (although I'm always going to have to EQ the low end) and with the combination of the 25.5" scale length, the fairly deep and round neck profile and extra wide spacing, I feel like I actually play better with it. (Which make sense since I designed it specifically top match my playing needs).
I also tried a version C with the Vola. It also feels really good and sounds great but the single coil pickup is much noisier than my Gosling and microphonic enough that any contact with a nail comes out in the recording.
A favorite book of mine says "If it's not practical it's not spiritual" and the most practical choice seem to be the Gosling in A. And maybe RonJazz is right and I should just focus on one guitar and not worry about the rest. At least I'm going to give that a try for now and see how it goes. So thanks again to everyone for the help.
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