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Re: [SurfGuitar101]Why we like Jazzmasters........

John McCorvey (eddiekatcher) - 05 Sep 2005 21:25:15

Let's face it Brian, we don't really need any
additional reasons other than we just do.....and It's
been my favorite guitar since 1964......I'll get off
the soap box and go have a beer......I love the sight
of a white Jazzmaster in the morning........ed.....
--- Brian Neal <> wrote:
> --- 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.
>
> BN
>
>
>
>
>
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Brian Neal (xarxas) - 05 Sep 2005 21:27:50

--- In , John McCorvey
<eddiekatcher@y...> wrote:
> Let's face it Brian, we don't really need any
> additional reasons other than we just do.....and It's
> been my favorite guitar since 1964......I'll get off
> the soap box and go have a beer......I love the sight
> of a white Jazzmaster in the morning........ed.....
Jazzmasters do indeed rock, sir.
BN

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