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View Poll Results: What is your feeling about runout?
Runout is fine as long as the guitar sounds good 107 41.00%
Depends on the degree of runout 84 32.18%
Won't buy a guitar with runout 76 29.12%
Won't order a guitar due to the possibility of runout 13 4.98%
Multiple Choice Poll. Voters: 261. You may not vote on this poll

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Old 11-15-2020, 06:58 AM
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Originally Posted by Howard Klepper View Post
As Bob Taylor said, runout of a few degrees or less is of no importance to sound or structure (i.e., no effect on quality) and has nothing to do with poor workmanship. Almost all guitar tops have it to some extent, but it may not be visible as a color change on the centerline. No one thought to make an issue of it until a few years ago, when complaining about it became a way for people to display their connoisseurship on the forums. Over and over.
This is exactly right.
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