The Responsive Guitar will stand on its own in spite of the fact that there’s not room in it to include much of the basic nuts-and-bolts hands-on information that a book on instrument making might be expected to contain. That information is found in the other half of my divided manuscript, Making the Responsive Guitar.
The Responsive Guitar is about physics, dynamics, acoustics and construction of the guitar. It's about the mechanics of tone; what materials to build with, when to add or remove wood for maximum benefit, and why those techniques work. Somogyi explains in exquisite detail how the guitar makes sound, and what musicians and luthiers need to know in order to appreciate a really well-made guitar ...
The Responsive Guitar | Book by Ervin Somogyi - Simon & Schuster
The book set The Responsive Guitar and Making The Responsive Guitar by Ervin Somogyi, along with his DVD Voicing the Guitar, opened my eyes to the importance of light construction. My understanding is that the best guitars are on the verge of collapsing from the 180# pull of the strings. The challenge is knowing when you’re near that point. While the book set provides excellent direction, I ...
Making the Responsive Guitar is the second volume on a two-volume set of books that set out the principles and methods of building fine hand-made guitars. Where Volume 1 sets up the knowledge, this book is about how to build a guitar, from the very first step to the last.
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