[sdiy] Building a Better Bass Patch

[Antti Huovilainen]

On Fri, 8 Dec 2006, harry bissell wrote:

> LOL... actually I think that I agree with you... The 'phasing' is
> more a function of the real 'stiffness' of the string making the
> harmonics sharp, and that causes the beating.

Partially. Also simply slightly different frequencies.

> I know that the string actually vibrates in an eliptical
> orbit (for want of the proper math term but I think its
> epicycloid). I think this is a more minor effect.

IIRC, this is equivalent to having two the two one dimensionally vibrating 
strings.

> Why does the string have different horizontal and vertical
> stiffness ??? Magnetic field ???

The string is supported by the bridge and nut so it essentially rests 
horizontally on two metal bars. This makes it slightly longer in one 
polarity than the other. Now that I think of it more, I'm not 100% sure 
about the stiffness (that's what you get for replying to mails immediately 
after coming home from a bar).

Antti

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