I was talking to my one of my musician family members about her issues with live sound. Most of them were cleared up after proper placement of mic with respect to speakers so as not to induce feedback. You would be surprised how many people w/o a physics background struggle with these things. She being a lifelong educator and artist and all. I then suggested she not use a guitar amp for her miked saxaphone. The conversation ended.
Telling musicians to evaluate and choose their instruments in a “scientific” way?
How do you think this would go over?
“This mass produced guitar measures the same as your vintage Martin on my oscilloscope, so any difference you hear is just expectation bias.” “You need to do a double blind test to prove there’s a difference!” “Rosewood is rosewood, there’s no difference between this Brazilian that’s been seasoned for 20 years and that Indonesian that came off the boat a month ago, you’re being taken in!”