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Old 03-03-2008, 06:26 PM
Jeff M Jeff M is offline
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The vast majority of "breaking in" occurrs in the first week after the guitar is strung up.

After that, it's variable.
Some guitars "open up" alot over the years.
Some don't.

Bottom line, nothing you can really do about it.
I take that back.
You can try all kinds of gimmicks......setting it in front of a speaker playing your favorite music, vibration/shaking devices, playing it for the purpose of breaking it in.
Again, may or may not work....you may or may not hear much of a difference...you may or may not like it.

I don't play my guitars to break them in. I don't even think about it.
I play them to play music.
There is a HUGE chance (in fact, I'd say it is most likely) that if you don't like a guitar the way it sounds when you buy it, you won't like it later on....even if it "breaks in".
If you DO like it when you buy it, it doesn't matter whether it "breaks in" or not. If it does, and you like how it sounds, that's just an added bonus.
Gets back to the Carlos Santana 10 second rule.
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