<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" version="2.0"><channel><title><![CDATA[gtandt]]></title><description><![CDATA[gtandt]]></description><link>https://will008.wixsite.com/gtandt/blog</link><generator>RSS for Node</generator><lastBuildDate>Mon, 17 Aug 2026 23:07:05 GMT</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="https://www.guitarmaking.com/blog-feed.xml" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><item><title><![CDATA[Tap tones: my take]]></title><description><![CDATA[Unmasking the hubris behind guitar making.]]></description><link>https://www.guitarmaking.com/single-post/__tap</link><guid isPermaLink="false">68fd44a5dc39b5e10ead9630</guid><category><![CDATA[Acoustics]]></category><category><![CDATA[The plates]]></category><pubDate>Sat, 25 Oct 2025 21:47:06 GMT</pubDate><dc:creator>William R. Cumpiano</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Ignore Mother Nature at your peril]]></title><description><![CDATA[Guitars can be described as hellish contraptions—structures of high entropy, with an uncanny tendency to come apart even when left alone. To perform properly, they must be made of thin sheets of brittle material that inconveniently change shape in response to humidity. And yet, this same fiendish device must maintain perfect stability beneath the strings: a rise or fall of just a few thousandths of an inch can turn it from a musical instrument into a wall ornament. Still want to make guitars?...]]></description><link>https://www.guitarmaking.com/single-post/ignore-mother-nature-at-your-peril</link><guid isPermaLink="false">68fce7b94cd3f117277b2156</guid><category><![CDATA[Materials]]></category><pubDate>Sat, 25 Oct 2025 15:15:40 GMT</pubDate><dc:creator>William R. Cumpiano</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA["Ability to Resonate"]]></title><description><![CDATA[I've just received a technical paper from a Canadian supplier (one prepared particularly by a research scientist working for a Canadian organization which carries out scientific research for the Canadian forest industry) which compares, among other factors, a variable called the wood's ATR or Ability To Resonate. Interested? "In the musical-instrument building industry, researchers have established the importance of Modulus of Elasticity (MOE) and wood density (Krzysik 1967, Ono 1983). They...]]></description><link>https://www.guitarmaking.com/single-post/ability-to-resonate</link><guid isPermaLink="false">68fa8dcd94cca4a8cf1fa947</guid><category><![CDATA[The plates]]></category><pubDate>Thu, 23 Oct 2025 20:21:21 GMT</pubDate><dc:creator>William R. Cumpiano</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Introduction to guitar pickups I]]></title><description><![CDATA[Acoustic Guitar Pickups I © William R. Cumpiano 1998, All Rights Reserved Greetings, friends and fellow travelers: I've been asked to comment on acoustic guitar pickups. I'll oblige by discussing my own approaches, priorities, and prejudices, and invite folks to reply with theirs, if they wish. I hasten to admit that I am not an expert in electronic sound processing, so it is fully possible that I may misspeak herein on specific details of science or electronics. However, my approach is from...]]></description><link>https://www.guitarmaking.com/single-post/introduction-to-guitar-pickups</link><guid isPermaLink="false">68f7dadc4d132695a281b306</guid><category><![CDATA[Guitar amplification]]></category><pubDate>Tue, 21 Oct 2025 19:16:06 GMT</pubDate><dc:creator>William R. Cumpiano</dc:creator></item></channel></rss>