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Buy and return after appointment. | 1 | 1.59% | |
Buy and keep. | 24 | 38.10% | |
Just bring the McPherson Sable. | 32 | 50.79% | |
Punt - you should be too old to care. | 6 | 9.52% | |
Voters: 63. You may not vote on this poll |
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I had thought that setting up a HA program for acoustic guitar is a case of enhancing something, but I found it is actually a case of subtracting things. My audiologist showed me on his computer screen when he modified a program on my HAs for me to use while playing guitar. There were about five different effects that the HAs used to make the general speech program more effective. If I have them in for speech they help, but when playing acoustic guitar with the HAs in speech program, I heard the “phasing” effect that others commented on in recent HA threads.
Taking out these effects but leaving the same high frequency compensation that I have for speech, means that when I switch to my “guitar” program I don’t notice any treble change and I hear all my guitars with ears that have compensation specifically for the high frequency loss my audiologist assessed in my initial visit. Admitting I needed HAs and having a program set up for guitar is the best "guitar" purchase I have made for a long time. I don't GAS for new guitars because all my current ones sound so much better. |
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I’ve worn hearing aids for years and choose what an audiologist does to them, the minute I pick up my Martin or any other Acoustic for that matter, they come out. You will do the same. Acoustic sounds through hearing aids are rubbish.
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That's interesting to read and it shows that the individual circumstances can affect the best path forward. My HA's give me a major improvement in my acoustic guitar sound and now I couldn't imagine playing guitar without them. It does make me wonder though, whether the audiologist dialled back the effects in your HAs to give you a cleaner program for playing guitar? Mine only did it after I told him this had worked for others (which I learnt via the threads I mentioned above).
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I say tune the HA to the McPherson and THEN go get yourself that Martin. Afterwards you can always get the HA's re-adjusted. Seems more simple, cheaper and more ethical overall.
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Option 5: borrow a Martin from a friend. Otherwise take the McPherson.
Option 6: look for a used Martin and resell it afterwards if needed. If you buy it from GC and return it you are costing them money.
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I voted for Buy and Keep, but could have easily voted...Just take the McPherson. My reasoning is this: Taking a Martin, or any guitar, that you don't intend on keeping defeats the purpose of dialing in that sound. Plus, it is a bit devious. Plus, what's not to like about getting a new Martin? Look for a 000-18 or 000-28!
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