Art is subjective. Sound is subjective when applied to art. With the exception of formica, carbon fiber and plastic guitars, I think the pieces of wood used to make your particular guitar relative to the very next one out of the luthier’s hands will make more difference than something like this.
When a guitar has been played a lot, it doesn’t sound “better”. It sound’s “different”. Whether the difference is better or worse is a matter of personal opinion and taste.
Yes. After looking at the website I got my head around what it is doing. Suppose it does “looden up” the componants on a new guitar. Probably wouldn’t do anything on onethat has been played often.
I’d save the money and just play it a bunch.
FWIW years ago on a whim I bought a Silvertone acoustic for $6...new! Plywood of course...probably made be Samick.
I was learning how to set up an acoustic and wanted a knock around guitar to practice with. If it got screwed up, so what.
Spent a lot of time with it and to this day everyone says it is by far the sweetest sounding and easiest to play of any I have ever had. The volume isn’t there but it isn’t bad for my fingerstyle playing.
And even though it is supposed to be laminate top ...I suspect it isn’t...it has mellowed nicely. The only thing better was a Martin and that was a ton more money!
Seagull was nice but seems too....delicate.
There’s no question the more you play a guitar or mando or violin the smoother it sounds, or at least more melodic.the utube demos of the device clearly show a “difference.” Some have said just leave your guitar infront of your stereo speakers all day blasting out Jimi Hendrix or Mozart. This has been tried without the same success of the Tonerite. This is why several musicians say the use the device one hour before playing.
It makes sense that vibration will coordinate the wood, perhaps on a molecular level? Who knows.
The one I learned to play on an old borrowed Aspen I now loathe due to the narrow neck and difficulty tuning it on the bottom two strings. I bought an Epiphone PR 350 and that's when I improved considerably. After I got decent with it my wife bought me a Takamine F 400 aka a lawsuit Martin 12 string. I know a real good shop in East Tennessee where I got it used for a bargain. Someone had strung it wrong and the store had just took it in on trade and hadn't fixed it yet. The store is also a Martin dealer but no way for me to ever get that kinda cash. LOL. But well known pros do buy their Martins there. It's north of Knoxville and been there for decades.
I can pick one of my guitars up sometimes and play and it sounds out of whack kinda flat. I check the tuning which is usually fine and put it down. I can come back in about an hour and it sounds fine. Nothing was changed on the guitar itself. I know it's my own hearing doing it. I do believe that it is mostly technique more than anything that can actually change the sound. But there's just too many possible variable factors that make it difficult to play the exact same way each time and get the exact same sound. I would say it would matter whether a person uses a pick or not also. Change picks it changes tone level. I would assume any way. I don't ever use a pick except when tuning.