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The Kasha Guitar

John Lewis Kilgore11/19/2012PHY3091


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Michael Kasha

Physical he!ist

"ne o# the #oun$ers o# the %nstitute o# Molecular&io'hysics o# ()*

+or,e$ with Luthier -ichar$ )chnei$er in

$esigning the #irst Kasha guitars


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. ee$ #or %!'roe!ent

Kasha notice$ ine##iciencies o# the guitar #ro!an instru!ent he ought #or his son in the 190s

lassical guitars only conert aroun$ 45 o#string irations to soun$6 7Ma8ority is lost asheat

Tra$itional $esign has tra$e o## etween sustainan$ olu!e6


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Kasha:s Goal

The goal was to create an i!'roe$ $esign thatconerts ; to


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General Physics o# the Guitar

)tring stretche$ etween two #i>e$ su''orts7thenut an$ the ri$ge

(un$a!ental #re?uency o# the string is

$eter!ine$ y string weight@ tension@ an$ length6

The string itsel# is res'onsile #or ery littlesoun$ 'ro$uction

Ma8ority o# soun$ co!es #ro! irations giento soun$oar$ through the ri$ge


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Kasha Guitar= ec,

The Kasha guitar #eatures a heay@ rigi$ nec,

This 'reents loss o# string energy $ue toirations in the nec,

This energy can now e use$ to e>cite thesoun$oar$

The weight o# the nec, increases treleres'onse66


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Kasha Guitar= &ri$ge

*ses an i!'e$ance $e'en$ent ri$ge%t has a we$ge sha'e instea$ o# rectangularsha'e

+e$ge e!'hasiAes ass at one en$ an$ treleat the otherBesigne$ to hae as little !ass as 'ossile toincrease res'onsieness o# string:s irations6


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Kasha Guitar= )oun$oar$

Thinner ass hal# an$ thic,er trele hal# toincrease res'onse)oun$hole is !oe$ #ro! center to u''er rightarea

The u''er right area is CsilentD 'art o#soun$oar$This creates a !uch larger irational area%t also allows s'ace #or !i$range #re?uency

racing


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Kasha Guitar= )oun$oar$ &racing

Kasha racing rein#orces ass an$ trele area$i##erently

.llows ri$ge to !oe in rotary as well as u'an$ $own6Heay racing gies goo$ tone ut low olu!eLight racing gies 'oor tone ut high olu!e

Kasha guitar has heay racing #or low notesan$ light racing #or high notes6


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Kasha Guitar= )oun$oar$ &racingont6


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"ther Ty'es o# Guitar &racing

Le#t= (an &racing Pattern-ight= Lattice &racing Pattern


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Kasha Guitar= &ac,

&ac, o# guitar is also $esigne$ with a racing'attern to increase soun$6%t uses tonewoo$ in a si!ilar !etho$ to the waya $ia'hrag! o# a s'ea,er wor,s6

.lso si!ilar to s'ea,er@ $i##erent sections #or$i##erent #re?uency ranges6


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-eactions to Kasha Guitar

(irst $rastic changes to the instru!ent sincearoun$ the 1'ensie an$ har$ to #in$

These are all reasons why it is not as 'o'ular o#a $esign as others


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-e#erences

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htt'=//www6!a>,ri!!el6co!/Guitars/Kasha/Kasha6ht!l

-eer@ Ja!es6 C*n'lugge$= The Physics o# a .coustic Guitar6DAmerican University.
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