The Lab is where I build and share tools that help make guitar behavior easier to see, measure, and discuss. The work here leans heavily on the Gore & Gilet acoustic framework and stays tied to bench observation and physical measurement.
Most of these tools are practical translations of the models, relationships, and workflows described in Trevor Gore’s published work into calculators and instruments that are easier to use, repeat, and revisit while building. They are meant to support the underlying sources, not replace them.
I’ve asked Robbie O’Brien and Trevor Gore for feedback on selected tools in the Lab, and their guidance has helped me refine them. I’m grateful for their input and hopeful that these tools prove useful to the wider lutherie community.
Some tools in the Lab, including wolf note diagnostics, solvers, and applied workflows, also explore additional hypotheses built on top of these measurements and models. When that happens, I try to label the work clearly and keep exploratory tools separate from the more canonical calculations.
The Lab itself is an open, evolving workspace. Tools change as understanding improves. Nothing here is for sale, and nothing is hidden behind accounts or paywalls.
If you’re here, you’re welcome.
-Rick
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Tools in the Lab
Public calculators, readers, and measurement workflows.