Research on the Acoustics of Guitars
Dr. Dan Russell
Assistant Professor of Applied Physics
Kettering University, Flint, MI, USA
The research described on this web site has been made possible by a generous donation from Gibson Musical Instruments
towards the development of an undergraduate Acoustics Laboratory at Kettering University.

Experimental Modal Analysis of Guitars

Vibrational Behavior of a Traditional Shape Electric Guitar - (Epiphone Coronet)
Student Research Assistants: Paul Pedersen and Pontus Weibull

Vibrational Behavior of a Nontraditional Shape Electric Guitar - (Gibson Explorer)
Student Research Assistants: Wes Haveman and Paul Pedersen

Vibrational Behavior of a Hollow Body Electric - (Gibson ES-335)
Student Research Assistants: Willis Broden

Vibrational Behavior of an Acoustic Folk Guitar - (Gibson Early 60's Hummingbird)
Student Research Assistants: Zach Hastings and Paul Pedersen

Effect of Body Shape on the Vibration of Electric Guitars -- PowerPoint slides from a paper presented at the 145th meeting of the Acoustical Society of America, held in Nashville, TN, 28 April - 2 May, 2003.

Other Acoustics Research on Guitars

Contents of this page were updated on March 6, 2006

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