https://www.sweetwater.com/insync/how-size-affects-tone-of-acoustic-guitars-with-sound-samples
How Size Affects Tone of Acoustic Guitars – With Sound Samples
Sweetwater carries hundreds of guitar models (at last count, there were
941 if you count just six-string acoustic guitars), so deciding which
handful to audition was quite a challenge. Ultimately, we ended up with
three general body sizes (small, medium, large) from 11 different
makers, with prices ranging from $399 to $5999. For this listening
session, we didn’t sort by price, shape, wood, cutaway, or any other
criteria. We focused, instead, on listening to a wide assortment of
sizes, from minis to jumbos.
from
http://www.frets.com/FretsPages/Musician/GenSetup/QuickTricks/quicktrick.html
Richard Hoover of Santa Cruz Guitar Company learned this little trick from an old
piano technician.
To maintain brilliance on bass strings, he tightens the windings before tuning up.
When a string is tuned the core is stretched and the windings may loosen just a trifle.
Here's how Richard avoids that problem:
He installs the string normally, locking it on the tuner post in the usual way, but
he doesn't tune it all the way to pitch. Then he loosens the string just enough to
release it at the bridge. With the string back out of the bridge, he simply twists
it a couple of turns to tighten the windings:
Then, holding the string from untwisting, he slips it back into the bridge and tunes
up. "This little trick takes a bit of practice but it's a quick and easy way
to improve brilliance on the bass," says Richard.
