Billy Corgan thinks paint colour affects tone.

carlos

gibsongretschfan said:

ps. We all know rosewood fretboards are warmer sounding than maple...

Rosewood boards produce a darker tone than maple boards. I mean, look at them for crying out loud! They're obviously darker.

Sporky

Three-ColourSunburst said:

Haych said:

Does a blind guy hear a red guitar differently to his dog then?

Even more profound, what is it actually like to be a dog listening to the sound of a guitar solo when it doesn't even have any of the contextual information we have, such as who Jimmy page is and the difference between shred and Pentatonic noodling?

I reckon animals prefer simpler mathematical relationships between notes, so the even-tempered scale is even more abhorrent to them than it is to us.

steer

A Silver Mercedes F1 car is faster than a Red Ferrari F1 car, therefore silver paint is faster. Can't argue with the logic. 

octatonic

carlos said:

Haych said:

Does a blind guy hear a red guitar differently to his dog then?

Dogs are colour blind so I'm guessing it's the same to both blind man and dog.

Dogs are not colour blind:

https://dogtime.com/dog-health/general/5183-dogs-colorblind-staff-faq

Maynehead

Hey, if he thinks it sounds better then good for him.

He's obviously more of an "artist" than a "scientist", but I guess that's what makes him such a great musician.

LuttiS

steer said:

A Silver Mercedes F1 car is faster than a Red Ferrari F1 car, therefore silver paint is faster. Can't argue with the logic. 

No.

Everyone knows red goes faster. Its a simple fact of life. Just because this a little car went faster in silver does not mean that it's faster. Geddit? 

rossi

I have a brown guitar because I am a shit player.......

HAL9000

Surely a red guitar sounds different simply because it is moving away from the observer, whereas a bluer guitar is moving towards him. Simple physics innit?

barry2tone

Discovered as a teenager that I'd no way of telling the skin colour of an artist from recordings.


The world could do with a whole lot more colour-deafness..

merlin

Brown rice sounds different to white rice. 

HAL9000

Macy Gray sounds different from David Gray.

JerkMoans

LuttiS said:

I totally agree... Dulux sounds way better than B&Q Colours... and don't get me started on one coat...

It’s a gateway drug; you’ll be getting a refin in Farrow & Ball by Christmas.

LuttiS

JerkMoans said:

LuttiS said:

I totally agree... Dulux sounds way better than B&Q Colours... and don't get me started on one coat...

It’s a gateway drug; you’ll be getting a refin in Farrow & Ball by Christmas.

Gateway paint

A little bit of recreational primer in the evening is a slippery slope to painting.. i've heard the habit can even lead to glossing

Garthy

If it was that simple why doesn't Billy wear facepaint so his singing doesn't sound like someone being crucified while forced to listen to the Smashing Pumpkins?

JerkMoans

For @Bridgehouse 's benefit, is this really about the effect of tone upon timbre?

munckee

If Billy Corgan says it does then it does that's the law.

LuttiS

Garthy said:

If it was that simple why doesn't Billy wear facepaint so his singing doesn't sound like someone being crucified while forced to listen to the Smashing Pumpkins?

Bridgehouse

JerkMoans said:

For @Bridgehouse 's benefit, is this really about the effect of tone upon timbre?

Is timbre a colour?

Freebird

My white blonde Tele definately sounds different to my wine red LP, so I think the Pumkins man might be onto something here.

Jack_

I think if you're watching someone else play then the colour of their instrument may alter your perception of their tone, which is effectively changing the tone.