Notes (DE502) | Learning Process Design Year 2

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Here are the scanned in notes detailing appropriate codes of practice and my material selection process. I chose to scan-in these notes instead of typing them out because I feel the scans more accurately portray the design process. Scanning them in like this also helps in my personal goal to be less of a perfectionist; showing the messy notes in all their glory ensures that I am able to display the imperfect side of the process, as well as reducing the risk of accidentally omitting crucial details.

Notes on how to change bass strings (appropriate codes of practice)

A guide on how to change bass guitar strings — Notes on how to change bass strings (appropriate codes of practice)

Notes on different pickup types and bass types.

Notes on different wood types, advantages and disadvantages, etc

Notes on string qualities + types, advantages and disadvantages

Notes on industry practices re guitar manufacture (c: Curtin University)

Notes on industry practice re guitar manufacture(c: Curtin University)

Within these notes are instructions on how to properly change bass guitar strings, an exploration into the advantages and disadvantages of using various different types of wood for the body of the instrument, notes on industry practice regarding guitar manufacture (from a lecture given at Curtin University) and notes on the two different types of string that a bass guitar can have.

Below are some notable facts born of the above research.

It is best to hand-stretch strings before installing them. This reduces the time taken for the strings to adjust.
On electric bass guitars, the sound is amplified through a “pickup”, which monitors the electromagnetic field around itself. Plucking the string disrupts the field, causing the pickup to transmit that signal through a cable into an amplifier.
Different types of wood have different effects on the type of sound that is produced! Hardwood is best for amplification purposes.
Flatwound strings produce a more muted sound, popular in R&B and Reggae music.
Due to this more muted sound, flatwound strings are best for recording directly into a recording software. This is because the roundwound strings produce more tone, which could result in interference to the pickup. Such interference is usually filtered out by amplifiers, but not computers.