I got a friend and incredible guitarist, Nadav Tabak, to do a little video clip of my 3D printed guitars in action in a range of different styles of music, and showing off some of the different designs. The clip goes through chords, finger picking, funk, blues, heavy rock, progressive, and alternative rock. The bodies … Read more
Abstract What’s interesting to note is the random quantization of the pulse bursts (in a vacuum tube operated in ‘cold cathode’ mode). Does crystalline lattice semiconductor, operating a lower voltage due to direct surface contact and coupling, suffer similar quantization bursts of current flow? Guitar amplifier legend Howard Dumble spoke of the “crystalline lattice” having … Read more
“…the fundamental premise of tonal superiority has not yet been properly investigated.” http://www.pnas.org/search?fulltext=violi n&submit=yes&x=0&y=0 http://www.pnas.org/content/109/3/760.a bstract ABSTRACT Most violinists believe that instruments by Stradivari and Guarneri “del Gesu” are tonally superior to other violins–and to new violins in particular. Many mechanical and acoustical factors have been proposed to account for this superiority; however, the fundamental premise of … Read more
3 parts Cymatics – Bringing matter to life with sound https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SyANRhD xXSo Cymatics – The healing nature of sound https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DS9fhvY kmT4 Cymatics – Application of Cymatic Therapy https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aTyeYN8 ZTjw Published on Aug 31, 2013 These original films of Cymatics experiments were made in the 1960’s by Swiss scientist, Dr. Hans Jenny. They are now available on a single … Read more
Increased mass. ————- Scott Wallace Bass strings are wound to make them heavier but still remain elastic. Plain metal (or nylon, or gut) strings don’t sound good in the bass. —————- Brian Coverstone There are three things that change the pitch of the string. The string thickness, the length, and the tightness. When you tune … Read more
Metal and wire is just metal and wire. The real sonic magic comes from the tubes. GAGA gets all that metal out of their way. An examination into the esoterica shrouding audio output transformers, tubes and “tone”, or the various unpleasant effects of bulky metal on faithful, musical amplification. Whereas traditional output transformers – homogenizing … Read more