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You know, you can find fault with almost every on-line review. Don't like the steel finger picks, the tortoise pick, the capo, the strumming location, no strumming only fingerpicking, no picking only strumming........... Just listen, or don't. It's not worth getting going "crazy" or anything else.
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You might think that but it's not what I've experienced so I don't think that. When I listen to most of the "professional" reviewer sites (regardless of whether they're guitar stores or individual "influencers") I hear the same song, on the same electronics, sounding pretty much the same.
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Great response, glad we can all have a sense of humor about these things.
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I totally agree. I love the way guitars sound with a capo. Third fret may well be the sweet spot.
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For me it would depend on how one plays. There are genres of music where the capo is extensively employed. If I were playing that kind of music I most definitely would want to hear it with a capo.
But if OP means he is seeing reviews where they never play the instrument without a capo, then I agree. The problem with pro reviews as I see them is that they are trying to sell a product to a public that has a 5 second attention span. The review needs to be short and sweet because no one has any patience anymore. Hard to be thorough when you've got about a minute to showcase the instrument's potential. Add to that they are picking a very good player (if it is a pro review), and depending on that player, they will lean towards one particular style. I want to hear strumming, flatpicking, fingepicking, AND capo. Because I play several styles. That is harder to find consistently than you might think.
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Playing up by the bridge does the opposite. I don't think it shows the full range of the guitar.
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None. So a good guitar demo should demonstrate how the guitar sounds more or less 'off the rack'. By all means play it with a capo when you own it.
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First off, I don’t care what Norman Blake says or likes. I do enjoy his playing but
his “sweet spot” is his, not mine. I almost always play and strum closer to the neck on the sound hole unless I’m going for an effect. I like more bass and the softer trebles I get doing that. Demoing a guitar with a Capo... The usual disclaimers.
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(Couldn't resist, sometimes typos are just too funny. I make 'em too.)
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Good catch Bard!!! :-)
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Why thank you!! It was the way you articulated your view of the inarticulate bass that brought on the chuckle.
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I have a similar pet peeve about musical choices in demos. I acknowledge that t's a requirement to first strum an open G chord, C add 9, and a D. Add in some open position bluegrass licks, too, just for fun.
But then I'll be needing to hear a Bb13 and an Fm9 fairly soon after that. A few barre chords. And some scalar runs at position VII or similar. My point is that a 10 minute demo that never goes above the third fret only shows the guitar's voice, playability, and intonation in a very limited way. I realize that many guitarists view this as their entire universe, but I sure don't, and I'm not alone. Brian from the Musician's Friend demos is a really good player in this regard. He clearly has a jazz background in addition to his more traditional flat-top chops.
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