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Letter to the Editor: Experimental solidbody guitar by Doc Kauffman

2017
AL#129 p.3               
Leo Bidne                                                                                           

▪ An electric guitar by pioneering designer Doc Kauffman uses a speaker cone in place of a resophonic cone.

A Future Fable

1981
GALQ Vol.9#1 p.18               
Leo Bidne                                                                                           

▪ Thoughts on the nature of musical expression are couched in a sci-fi story.

Position Markers For Fretless Bass

1979
DS#123               
Leo Bidne                                                                                           

▪ The fretless bass, unlike the vertical standing double bass, is played horizontally and the long, slim neck is too wide for ‘sighting’ down the neck, thus a system of marking is necessary.

Guitar Outline Formula

1978
DS#79               read this article
Leo Bidne                                                                                           

▪ The determining factors besides the obvious ones for making a guitar the shape that it is and a possible formula that produces an ideal outline.

Heat Pressing

1977
DS#43               
Leo Bidne                                                                                           

▪ Heat pressing is the art of forming wood to a new and permanent shape with heat and pressure.

Neck Supporting Device

1976
DS#30               
Leo Bidne                                                                                           

▪ The function of this portable tool is to hold a guitar stationary and support the neck while fret leveling.