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While a builder using simple fixtures or hand processes is very unlikely to work to this precision, computer-controlled machines are generally capable of it. Another potential source of confusion for a reader not familiar with manufacturing processes is the presentation of dimensions to the nearest 0.001 inches.
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In order to be relevant to them, I feel compelled to use their conventions. No place in scientific communications for the English system of units, but American guitar manufacturers generally work in decimal inches. For example, I have generally presented measurements in decimal inches as well as millimeters.
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There are many points in the text where I have been quite conscious of violating what such a reader might rightly feel are basic rules of technical writing. Since I have written this book for the technically inclined builder, I fear that it may seem quirky or even muddled to someone with a background in the physical sciences rather than engineering or manufacturing. I keep them both close at hand and continue to learn from both. For an equally outstanding overview of acoustics including the basis of musical scales, I encourage you to read The Science of Sound by Thomas Rossing, Richard Moore and Paul Wheeler. For an excellent overview, I encourage you read The Physics of Musical Instruments by Neville Fletcher and Thomas Rossing. Much of the best work in the field of musical acoustics has been done by physicists or at least written with them in mind. I have also tried to describe current best practices in guitar design and manufacturing and to identify promising developments that may advance the field. This includes tables listing nominal dimensions of different types of instruments and basic properties of components such as tuners and pickups. I have tried to include practical information in the text based on my own experience and that of others who have offered their suggestions. There is currently no comprehensive, practice-oriented work to which they can refer and I hope to at least partially address their needs as well. The topics I have included and the ways in which I have presented them have also been strongly influenced by people working in the guitar industry. Thus, I have avoided calculus where I didn’t think it was required. They are mathematically literate, but not always comfortable with calculus. I am an assistant professor in a mechanical engineering technology department and I have, perhaps predictably, written with my own students in mind.
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With this in mind, I have written for an audience that wants to know how to engineer a guitar and is not put off by the mathematics necessary to describe the various topics. This book is intended to bridge the gap between the craftsman and the scientist by presenting the technical considerations involved with designing and manufacturing guitars. There is, in addition, a smaller number of books on the market dealing with the science of musical instruments and guitars in particular. Many are well-illustrated and can be very good sources of information for the beginning guitar maker. There are some good books on the market that teach the craft of making guitars.
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