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Flamingrae

 

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RE: Guitar top tuning - what's the p... (in reply to estebanana) 
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he said honestly in his work he makes a guitar every once in a while that despite his best efforts disappoints him.


Yup, this is the other part to the grand equation - the X factor, where you can do your damnedest, and end up with something ok, but not maybe how you would like it - and I think visa versa too?

But we are getting somewhere ......I think. I was going to say, that at some point armed with a few theories that we all have to dive in and get messy to progress. Good stuff guys.
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Richard Jernigan

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RE: Guitar top tuning - what's the p... (in reply to estebanana) 
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ORIGINAL: estebanana

...on the other hand you can't rely totally on science because you have to at some point make decisions that are beyond what the science can tell you.


My brother, a distinguished physician, says the same thing about the practice of medicine.

One of the most scientific guitar makers i know of says lutherie is still an art, not a science.

RNJ
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Jeff Highland

 

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RE: Guitar top tuning - what's the p... (in reply to HolyEvil) 
If you read the books by Trevor Gore. he proposes a couple of guidelines to avoid wolf notes,improve tuning accuracy, and improve performance.

-Don't locate the guitar"s resonant frequencies on a scale note, but aim for midway between

-Don't stack the top resonance exactly an octave above the air resonance.

-Aim to have the coupled back frequency(measured by reading it's signature when tapping the top) 3 semitones above the top
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