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3 of 6 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars A little more technical than I expected
Neat book but very in depth and technical. Definitely want to delve into it more deeply when I have the time. This book should be in any serious luthier's library because there is a lot of useful information once you sift through the technical mumbo jumbo.
Published on April 7, 2009 by J. Hendrix

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3.0 out of 5 stars Inexcuseably bad printing
I've only looked at the first few chapters, which are a rehash of what you would find in any book on musical instrument acoustics. So I can't say yet if the content will be worthwhile. But what is striking is how poorly the photographs are printed. Fuzzy, no contrast, dark and light bands across them, impossible to make out any detail; really unacceptable even in a...
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9 of 10 people found the following review helpful:
3.0 out of 5 stars Inexcuseably bad printing, February 24, 2010
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This review is from: Engineering the Guitar: Theory and Practice (Hardcover)
I've only looked at the first few chapters, which are a rehash of what you would find in any book on musical instrument acoustics. So I can't say yet if the content will be worthwhile. But what is striking is how poorly the photographs are printed. Fuzzy, no contrast, dark and light bands across them, impossible to make out any detail; really unacceptable even in a book costing 1/4 the price. I'm amazed they let it go to press like this.
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3 of 6 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars A little more technical than I expected, April 7, 2009
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Neat book but very in depth and technical. Definitely want to delve into it more deeply when I have the time. This book should be in any serious luthier's library because there is a lot of useful information once you sift through the technical mumbo jumbo.
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Engineering the Guitar: Theory and Practice by Richard Mark French (Hardcover - October 23, 2008)
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