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--- In , John McCorvey
<eddiekatcher@y...> wrote:
> Boy Brian, I am impressed....one question, in the case
> of a Jazzmaster, Jaguar, or any other guitar where the
> strings pass over a bridge and are anchored behind as
> say the mentioned, doesn't this additional length add
> an additional variable to your equation.....
Yeah I'm sure it does...but I have no idea how to characterize that.
I am *really* on shaky physics ground now and had probably just better
shut up. :-) You could probably say that the Jazzmaster would have a
longer *effective* string length compared to a Strat because of the
string length behind the bridge, even though it doesn't contribute as
much because it is bent over the bridge. And maybe as a result you
would get *slighly* lower string tension than a strat. But again, I
should just shut up here...I can hear the ice cracking under my feet...
My physics professor in college was undertaking all kinds of crazy
measurements of vibrating strings in musical instruments. Apparently
if you look really close, it's not a well understood phenomenon.
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