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The First TurboTail Guitar

Highlights and insights from building the first steel string acoustic guitar to be reliant on the TurboTail fixture.

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Christopher Cozad

I design and build acoustic guitars. Each instrument is created to be a unique visual and sonic experience. Where a factory may faithfully produce a given model thousands of times, every guitar I make is intentionally distinct. I have written several articles that acknowledge, explore, challenge, and at times defy traditional steel-string acoustic guitar convention.

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The TurboTail

An externally-mounted fixture that counters the pull of the strings. How does it work? I conducted tests and recorded the measurements to find out for myself.