Breaking in an acoustic guitar with sound waves Can You “Break In” a New Acoustic with Bass Vibrations? Inside the Strange, Clever, and Surprisingly Effective Closet Method By Prodigal Guitars Every guitarist knows the feeling: you bring home a brand-new acoustic, strum it, and think… “It sounds good… but it still feels kinda tight.” That’s normal. New acoustics often start stiff — the wood hasn’t fully relaxed, the top hasn’t learned to dance yet, and the body hasn’t woken up. Over months (or years) of playing, the tone opens up: bass gets warmer mids get richer highs smooth out projection increases resonance deepens This is the guitar becoming itself through vibration and time. But impatient guitarists — innovators, mad scientists, tone chasers — ask: “Can I speed this up?” Turns out… kinda, yeah. And the method is wild. 🔊 The Famous Closet Method Players have been doing this since the 1970s: Put the acoustic in a closet. Place spe...
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