Australian/New Zealand Luthiers Forum

You might find this Master's thesis interesting. The author creates a new composite material for acoustic guitars using carbon-fiber filament, polyethylene tape, aluminum strips, and polyurethane foam, which he claims matches the mechanical and tonal qualities of Sitka Spruce. He has a spectrum ana...

Semmens Guitars wrote: ↑

Tue Jun 08, 2021 5:37 pm

I have made a few double tops with no braces. I will tap test them and post the pics for you.

Much appreciated!

Hi all, I've been doing a bit of reading on carbon fibre guitars (rainsong in particular) and I've heard a lot of terms used to describe the sound, but I couldn't find anybody that had conducted any kind of modal analysis/frequency response. I read the builder's website (below) where he describes hi...

Thanks all, that's helpful. Finding a distinct single note tone can definitely be tricky but it's an interesting experiment. Very cool results.

I don't have any idea how to do it, but it seems filtering out the frequencies of know musical notes might be a place to star. Or, perhaps set filters that'll only let frequencies pass in the ranges your interested in, minus the musical notes (I'm assuming the instrument doesn't have a natural reso...

Hi all, Quick introduction - I'm a luthier by hobby and engineer by profession. I read Trevor's books a few months ago and have been doing a lot of thinking. I watched a video of Kenny Smith playing Norman Blake's D-18H a short while ago and though "WOW, I want to build THAT". And that got me thinki...