Even if our eyes may bias us toward one guitar or another, I do not necessarily think that`s a bad thing; it`s part of what makes builders and players individual, and we use most all our senses when holding a guitar - how it feels in the hand and lap and the contours of the neck and body, the look of the woods and the inlays and decorations, the sound they produce, and even the way they smell. I don`t recommend taste testing however. But we do this whrn we eat, find a mate, pock a sofa....
I wonder if there are any blind guitar experts who can try a similar `pick the guitar` challenge. It might be different than most blindfold tests, due to their increased acuity of the other sensea.
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