Recent content by sgb

Interesting. So, is it your conclusion that the reverse in-line headstock is preferable to the standard in-line, if the player desires that the treble strings be more "bendable" and the bass strings be less so? Speaking of experiments, I have an idea for one. It requires: (1) a guitar with an...

Agreed, "bendability" is a poor word, but I could think of no other. Let me try another visual. Imagine you're standing on the neck of a giant guitar. If you pull on a string, you will clearly see it sliding inside its slot in the nut. The question is whether the amount of string beyond the nut...

What you've said is correct, but it seems that I've failed to convey what I'm trying to determine. Let me try wording it another way. Suppose you have a 36-gauge (.036 inch) string. In one scenario, you fasten the string at two points exactly 25 inches apart, and tune it to 440 Hz. In another...

But it isn't just danglin' in the breeze. The string is anchored somewhere behind the bridge (either at the back of the guitar, if it's a string-through-body design, or at the back of the bridge behind the saddle, which is the actual point where the vibrational length of the string begins), and...

I suspect my question will be somewhat unique, please forgive me if it's entirely out of place. (Please also forgive my ignorance when it shows, my knowledge of physics is extremely limited.) You might wonder why I'm asking it here, rather than on a guitar forum. Let me simply say that the...