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Suppose you're experimenting with new bracing patterens. You hit upon one you like. Among other things you find that, to your ears, the guitar seems to sound more "in tune", than with your old bracing. You're pleasantly surprised of course. You're not a scientist, but then you start inventing all kinds of semi-scientifical explanations. 'Waves don't fight another', and other things that I don't care to look up in the videos. Eltjo, is this your objection? Taylor's pseudo scientifical explanations? An explanation might be strange, but that does not mean that a phenomenon does not exist. We have to grant them this, at this point. Maybe AP should have said: "I feel the notes are more in tune, I don't know why, but try it for yourself".
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If you know digital photography what comes out of the guitar is analogous to a jpeg. However, there's what you see and what the sensor sees and it processes. The strings are the analog of what you want to see and the guitar is the sensor, which gets close to what the string produces, but it will also be a little different. You want it to be as close as possible. Of course, the body also changes the sound a bit too, which is the analog of a filter on the lens.
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Even if it could, that's about 1 cent, I think. I believe how hard you're pressing the strings and how much you're unintentionally bending them will have that much effect and probably more. |
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Spot on my friend, very true. And as a matter of fact, good players can easily adjust for this with their fretting hand.
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Martin also has been stiffening up this area with their A brace scheme. I assume they do this to limit the possibility of a need for a neck reset, that is my reason for stiffening up this area. So if this area is stiffened up you should get less sound radiated for the area. There has been little to no laser interferometry done on an X-braced guitar although there has been a few done on classical guitars. I would not say that the transverse brace acts as a dam, more as a truss stiffening up a plate. While the area north of this brace may still radiate sound it seems that it does not do it at a large amplitude. Mind you the above is only representative of the guitar and bracing pattern used, in a different scheme you may get more vibrations. But in my limited experience I find that there is not a lot going on around the soundhole area if stiffly braced. It seems that Taylor was not attempting to use this area as a radiator but was more interested in the structural integrity of the guitar. And from the pictures I am seeing that, in my opinion, there will not be much acoustical output from this area.
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Taylor’s idea.... send the highest mofo on the team to explain things to the people at NAMM.... didn’t work well.
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wish they'd gone the whole hog, somthin like this -
prob patented though = money
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Unless Powers has magically re-interpreted algebraic equations I'm calling his 'improved', and 'perfect' intonation claim, a cleverly worded hoax. Intonation issues have been addressed with more or less success; the Earvana nut for one. Various FRETTING arrangements have been designed to ameliorate the anomalies of even temperament. Again, nothing to do with the bracing pattern; even electric guitars with fully adjustable bridges and Earvana fitted, show no more than an improvement in intonation. 'Perfectly in tune' is impossible. Powers should know better; we're not all naive 14 year-olds! Here's an attempt at 'true temperament'. Note the use of the word 'optimize': http://atoragon.blogspot.co.uk/2013/...retboards.html
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In other words: don't act like a scientist when you're not one, don't make up BS stories, be sincere and honest so as to show respect to your customers. This attitude has been inherent to the Taylor brand for many years, and I think it's what made them great. It's certainly what made me buy dozens of Taylors over the years, I liked their guitars and was happy to support them. Taylor has brought many good innovations to the guitar, such as the NT neck, the laser groove, the stealth look of the onboard electronics etc., but always with an honest story that made perfect sense. They make great guitars, probably the best. They don't need to make up all kinds of nonsense fairy tale stories. Eventually this will only make their customers loose trust in them, which is the worst thing that can happen to any brand.
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Thank you, most kind of you.
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I tend to agree with the OP. Too many aesthetic differences between the series models. Wood pick guards on some then plain black on the lower models? I’m a plain kind of guy I guess. I see the marketing behind the fancier 200 series, but they are in my opinion all the same under the hood. I’ve played both the 100 and 200 series side by side. Not enough difference for me. In all fairness though the A12 model is really nice for a solid mid level guitar.
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