Thanks for that link, Stuart. That site is fascinating, and I concur with much of the information they share. The only thing I'm not sure about is their discussion of strings and gauges. I found yesterday that the degree of intonation error seemed to be directly related to the strings' core wire diameter, not the wound diameter, which makes sense because it is the core that is under tension, not the winding.wrench wrote:Wow. Nice study!Hey Stuart,
I listened to this a few more times, and I like it better each time. Good job, my man.
Your comment about the capo sent me off yesterday to do some field research on the effect of a capo on tuning, and my conclusion is simply this: yep, you're right, the tuned guitar is out of tune the moment a capo is clamped on. Any guitar. Any position. Any string gauge. Any scale length. Any tuning. Any...., well, you get the idea. And, yes, it gets worse as you go further up the neck (for the same reason the distance between frets decreases). It's physics, and there is no way to change it - except by re-tuning after the capo is clamped on.
That was an interesting study. Probably worthless because everyone already knows a guitar plays out of tune up the neck, but interesting nonetheless because now I know by how many Hertz it will be out.
I did retune after capoing - but then you still have the problem when you fret a string 4 or 5 frets from the capo which takes you up to the 9th or 10th fret and my poor little guitar struggled a little, I think.
You may be interested in this web site.........looks like they're trying to resolve the problem in an interesting way.
Stuart
http://www.truetemperament.com/site/index.php
I am able to analyze the sound of those guitars, so I may do that to see if such a neck actually works. I DO NOT, however want to re-fret one of those necks! :laugh: