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Adamas fondamental frequency measurement.

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maliberd
Posted 2008-05-22 4:27 AM (#38438)
Subject: Adamas fondamental frequency measurement.


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Location: France		Does someone know how the guys from Ovation measure the frequency response of the Adamas guitars ?
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Paul Templeman
Posted 2008-05-22 5:27 AM (#38439 - in reply to #38438)
Subject: Re: Adamas fondamental frequency measurement.


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Location: Scotland		Currently they use a device called a Laser Vibrometer. The top is set into motion mechanically at various frequencies and the vibrational modes are tracked by lasers and plotted on a computer. Not sure how they did it back in the 70's.
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schroeder
Posted 2008-05-22 5:32 AM (#38440 - in reply to #38438)
Subject: Re: Adamas fondamental frequency measurement.


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Beal had a stethoscope and a sheet of graph paper.
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Beal
Posted 2008-05-22 8:02 AM (#38441 - in reply to #38438)
Subject: Re: Adamas fondamental frequency measurement.



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Location: 6 String Ranch		and a whoosh machine.
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Mark in Boise
Posted 2008-05-22 11:12 AM (#38442 - in reply to #38438)
Subject: Re: Adamas fondamental frequency measurement.


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Location: Boise, Idaho		OK, I'll bite. What's a whoosh machine?
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cholloway
Posted 2008-05-22 1:08 PM (#38443 - in reply to #38438)
Subject: Re: Adamas fondamental frequency measurement.


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Location: Atlanta, GA.		Kinda like a polygraph...
but, Beal wouldn't go ANYWHERE near one of those!!!
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