Practice Your Guitar Facing The Wall ?
I
accidentally found this out. The older home we lived in had a
rather small den (man cave) in the basement where I used to practice my
guitar. I always practice the acoustic guitar with no
plugging in
or amplification of any kind. For some reason it seemed like
the
best place to set up was putting my music stand with its back againt
the wall. It
was really the only available space I guess. I then put my
bar
stool in front of it, sat down, & played. The end
result was
I was facing the wall when I played. It sounded incredibly
good.
It helps if you have a highly reflective surface like wood
paneling. It sounds like when you are performing and
you
have monitor speakers.
When I moved to the new house, the
new man cave had no place by the wall and the room was much larger so I
just practiced in the middle of the room. A noticeable
difference. The guitar sounded deader. I also
realized that
the reflecting wall helps monitor yourself if you are singing.
You may think that this would be awful boring facing the
wall.
Maybe you can find an inspirational picture to hang there.
New
guitar designs are trying to overcome this by adding an extra soundhole
on the side of the guitar. My way is easier and
cheaper.
Bob, Gman ( o )==#
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