Telling musicians to evaluate and choose their instruments in a “scientific” way?


How do you think this would go over?

“This mass produced guitar measures the same as your vintage Martin on my oscilloscope, so any difference you hear is just expectation bias.” “You need to do a double blind test to prove there’s a difference!” “Rosewood is rosewood, there’s no difference between this Brazilian that’s been seasoned for 20 years and that Indonesian that came off the boat a month ago, you’re being taken in!”

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Showing 1 response by kennyc

+1 OP
It’s been empirically demonstrated countless times but deaf ears and closed minds cannot comprehend that basic statistics and common sense say otherwise. People are increasingly scrupulous about performance the more $ they invest, it’s not an automatic placebo. When they claim what we hear is stepping over the common sense line.  I highly suspect either their systems are not transparent enough, their hearing is not as acute, or their conclusions are colored by their expectations.

But, as always they’ll never go away. Best to ignore and focus on good things like music.