Music Banter - View Single Post - What causes a guitar to ring out, or sound real bright?

kurt28 · 05-22-2013, 02:48 PM

I just wanted to update my post here. It's been at least three months, so I've definitely had plenty of time to wear the new strings in and I still hate the way it sounds when I play it. It still rings out and sounds very bright when I play it so it wasn't the fact that the strings were new that made it ring out.

I've played other acoustic guitars and they don't ring out like that. Even my brother's acoustic doesn't sound like that and he uses the same stings as me (Ernie Ball). So, it must just be the guitar. It's a Fender dg20ce. It is an acoustic/electric, but I don't ever play it plugged in.

I asked them when I bought it if it would sound different (unplugged) than an ordinary acoustic since it was an acoustic/electric and they said it wouldn't. So now I'm wondering if they were wrong. Do acoustic/electric sound brighter and ring out more when played unplugged than an ordinary acoustic? And if anyone has had any experience with a Fender dg20ce, did you notice them sounding a little brighter when you played them?

Thanks

05-22-2013, 02:48 PM	#6 (permalink)
kurt28 Groupie Join Date: May 2012 Posts: 10	I just wanted to update my post here. It's been at least three months, so I've definitely had plenty of time to wear the new strings in and I still hate the way it sounds when I play it. It still rings out and sounds very bright when I play it so it wasn't the fact that the strings were new that made it ring out. I've played other acoustic guitars and they don't ring out like that. Even my brother's acoustic doesn't sound like that and he uses the same stings as me (Ernie Ball). So, it must just be the guitar. It's a Fender dg20ce. It is an acoustic/electric, but I don't ever play it plugged in. I asked them when I bought it if it would sound different (unplugged) than an ordinary acoustic since it was an acoustic/electric and they said it wouldn't. So now I'm wondering if they were wrong. Do acoustic/electric sound brighter and ring out more when played unplugged than an ordinary acoustic? And if anyone has had any experience with a Fender dg20ce, did you notice them sounding a little brighter when you played them? Thanks