::::: From the Maker :::::
What you get with the Pegasus concept is an acoustic guitar that is highly resistant to feed back and sounds huge when plugged in. The top plate of the guitar does vibrate more freely which allows the pickup (mounted on the top plate) to pick up all of the natural vibrations and overtones of the wood. As a bonus, you can even control the feed back because when you do get it to feed back, it is just string feed back, not body feed back.
My original thesis project was using alternative materials and shapes to refine how a guitar body transmits sound waves. After months of research, I came across the fact that in a traditional acoustic guitar, up to 2/3rds of the sound waves can bounce into a corner, bounce back upon themselves and cancel out. This is known as standing wave theory. Even worse, it's not an even cancellation. You can lose different amounts of different frequencies, wasting the energy produced by the strings vibrating the wood to give you your tone.
This is where the entire process started with me, acoustic guitars. In 1995, I was in my senior year of design school and we had to do a senior thesis project. You were to pick an area of industry, and redesign a product in it. You were also to make a prototype of this project.
I decided to start looking into different ways to move and channel waves of all types, sound, water, light. After much study, I decided that by utilizing a parabolic curve, I could focus where I wanted the sound waves to go in the body. By using opposing parabolic curves, I also eliminated all the corners and 90 degree angles that were causing standing wave cancellation.
As much as I'd like to, I can't build every component on these guitars. I do four primary things:
1st, I design, draft and build all bodies and necks.
2nd, I fret the fret boards, It's not the most exciting, but it's probably the most important aspect of a great guitar.
3rd. I do all the detailing and painting of your new guitar, it will be done to my standards or it doesn't come out of the paint booth.
4th. I do all assembly and set up work. I want this guitar to play like a dream. If you ordered it built, you've had the opportunity at every step along the way to put your input into the design, it's my job to make sure that makes it into the guitar you get.
Since I do buy hardware from other manufacturers, I have taken great care over the years to make sure that I am only using the best quality of components.
My standard fret boards have compound radius. What this means is that they are rounder at the nut and get flatter as you move towards the body. The reason for this is you can get the string action lower, which makes the guitar easier to play. The compound radius prevents the string from contacting the fret below it when you are bending notes. I offer fret boards in 3 standard compound radius: 6-8 inch, which mimics the 7 inch radius of the early Strats (TM), 8-12 inch, and 12-16 inch which mimics most modern guitars which have around a 12 or 14 inch radius. Most manufacturers don't do compound radius as it's more work. I have the mill cut it for me, so other than a drafting change, it's not much more work for me. If you want something different, let me know, it's no problem. It might cost a little extra, but at the end of the day, it's important you have the guitar you want. Generally, if you do a lot of chord style playing, you would probably like the 6-8 inch radius. If you are more of a lead player, the 12-16 inch radius. The 12-16 inch radius is my most popular option by far.
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