Re: Fretless guitar built - ripped off the frets...

[Charles Zwicky <cazwicky@earthlink.net>]

Per,

The brass nut affects the coupling of the string's vibrational energy 
to the neck by reducing this coupling due to the added mass at the 
string's anchor point.

However, this only affects an open string.

I'd like a HEX sustainiac on a fretless guitar, please!!!!!!

-CZ

>On Jan 14, 2008 4:04 PM, Charles Zwicky <cazwicky@earthlink.net> wrote:
>>  >
>>  >I can see the point in using a brass nut if you're going for the
>>  >Fernandez sustainer later on, which is all electro-magnetic.
>>  >Per
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>>
>>  Per,
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>>  What does this mean to you?
>
>
>Good question! A brass nut alters the vibration response between wood
>and string. When using a mechanical "vibrator" - as my Sustainiac C -
>a brass nut may reduce the effect. However, when using a purely
>electo-magnetic sustainer as the Fernandez that might not be such a
>big deal. And often one of the reasons to use a brass net is that you
>like the sound of just the string, when picked up magnetically as the
>electric guitar pickups do. Does that make sense?
>
>per


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