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The ten principles of guitar design, Part 2, Usefulness
This is Part 2 of a 10 part series, applying Dieter Rams’ “10 Principles” to guitar design. Just as we did in Part 1 (Innovation), we should understand that these principles were just one
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The ten principles of guitar design, Part 1, Innovation
Dieter Rams is a very well-known German Industrial Designer, famous for his work with Braun and considered to be in the “Functionalist” school. You’ve no doubt seen examples of his work, and may have
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Stratocaster and Les Paul combined – Stratpaul or Lesocaster?
The Fender Stratocaster and Gibson Les Paul electric guitar models are the all conquering and enduring Goliaths of the guitar industry. Both designs have their origins in the 1950s, the jet age. Both designs
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Truss Rods Gone Bad – A guitar design element that didn’t work
WHAT WAS I THINKING? This is a question that you could ask about practically every mistake ever made. Nobody ever gets up in the morning and asks themselves “what can I screw up today?”
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The Tone Chain, Part 3 – Guitar Pickups
This discussion is limited to magnetic pickups although many of the principles will apply to other pickup systems. Pickups do not add any new harmonics. Every magnetic pickup will sense and reproduce (in electrical
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The Tone Chain, Part 2 – Guitars, Amplifiers and Speakers
Guitars Other elements of the tone chain do not introduce new harmonics. However they do emphasise some frequencies by transducing or amplifying them more efficiently. Guitars resonate in sympathy with the string vibrations. Any
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Fender Telebration Telecasters – all 12 on one page
This is a follow up to the Telecaster article I did a few months back. That was very popular and also as you probably know last year was the Fender Telebration year – the
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