Acoustic Guitar Design

The book is for experienced luthiers and guitar designers, novice builders, and guitar owners interested in knowing more about their instruments. It includes the most important technical information gathered from many sources, presented in a clear, actionable form with a minimum of mathematics. It begins with a historical survey on how important features of the acoustic guitar evolved over centuries and leads up to a chapter focusing on three iconic instruments. It also features concise side bar contributions by top guitar designers and builders.

Format: Hardback
Length: 347 pages
Publication date: 04 January 2022
Publisher: Springer Nature Switzerland AG

The book is intended for experienced luthiers, guitar designers, novice builders, and guitar owners who want to learn more about their instruments. It provides important technical information gathered from various sources, including academic literature and the authors' own work, presented in a clear and actionable format with minimal mathematics. The book begins with a historical survey of the evolution of acoustic guitar features over centuries, leading up to a chapter focusing on three iconic instruments: classical, steel string flat top, and archtop. As the guitar market is heavily influenced by familiar, traditional instruments, a successful builder must have a thorough understanding of the most important designs to underpin their own work. This book provides a comprehensive design process and collects detailed information in one convenient source. Luthiers often compile notebooks of measurements, part numbers, specific design features, and other details they need regularly. This book organizes much of that information, with tables of dimensions, material properties, and other details in one essential final chapter. Additionally, the book features concise side bar contributions by top guitar designers and builders, including Tim Shaw, Chief Engineer at Fender Music, Bob Taylor, Co-Founder of Taylor Guitars, and Andy Powers, Master Guitar Designer and Partner.

Weight: 748g
Dimension: 160 x 243 x 19 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9783030893804
Edition number: 1st ed. 2022