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Location: Mt Clemens, MI USA | I’ve played some Balladeer LXs that were painted black and they didn’t sound that good, but I played a natural finish Balladeer LX today (I believe they were both standard balladeer LXs), anyway, the natural finish on sounded nice.
Does paint hurt sound vs natural finsh? |
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Location: Hicksville, NY | I believe that it shouldn't be the case. After I purchased my balladeer, I tried the LX's, and they were fantastic! While I never tried the black, I did tried playing with both the natural and cherry burst finish. Honestly, other than the cherry burst's action being higher than the natural, there wasn't any difference in the quality of sound. At that time, I wished that I waited a little while longer, and snagged the LX instead of the 1861. Nevertheless, my current balladeer is also awesome and I'm quite happy with it. If I were to choose between the two, if the one with natural finish seems to sound better than the black, I'd pick the one with the better sound.
Good luck ...
Peace,
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Location: Upper Left USA | While black finish may contain more "solids" than a clear "bonding medium" the actual mass is so small I don't think it matters.
Having recently owned (sold to friend) an Elite T in black and a CL 12 in black I feel qualified to say it has no bearing. |
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Location: Phoenix AZ | The difference is sound will be so small that it gets lost in the grand scheme of things. The length of your ear hair will have a bigger effect. Dave |
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Location: Canton (Detroit), MI | I would agree that color should not have an effect on sound, but it is interesting that the best-sounding Balladeer LX I've played is a natural-top one.....I heard no difference between black and cherry cherry red. And all of these sound very good.
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Location: Phoenix AZ | Some people say red porsches are faster than silver or black ones. Technically possible I guess. Dave |
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Location: NW NJ | Yup. I grew up in Virginia and us rednecks alway knew that red pigment has a MUCH lower coefficient of drag than black or silver. THAT is why NASA paints the shuttle the bright shade of red - really slippery getting off the pad. And the most popular NASCAR race car color is blue :D
Or maybe people think that red porsches are faster because they attract more law enforcement attention ... |
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Location: 6 String Ranch | I always thought that black was a lower drag coefficient. That's why Dale's car was black.
color will make it faster, won't make it sound any different. |
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Location: Central Oregon | Originally posted by cwk2:
I always thought that black was a lower drag coefficient. That's why Dale's car was black.
color will make it faster, won't make it sound any different. Exactly right. Especially on a hot sunny day. The black paint absorbs more heat from the sun & as the heat radiates away from the paint it wiggles the air molecules so they slide by with less friction. |
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paint and sound?
