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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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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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The Tone Chain, Part 1 – Tailoring your Guitar Sound
Tone has a number of important elements. Each of these can potentially be affected through the chain of events that takes place between fingers and speakers. This article looks at the events and components
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The shape of things to come – innovations in guitar technology
If we could see into the future of the guitar, say 50 years, what would people be playing and what would they be playing their guitars through? I’ll bet there will be a good
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30 Guitar Company Logos, downloadable Vector PDF
Logos are very important to products, they are part of the look and feel of a design. A good logo will complement, even enhance the product or at least it’s visual appearance. That’s part
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