Isolation of acoustic body size with respect to volume and sustain?
Let's say we have two identical acoustic guitars with the only difference being the body size. How will the body size effect sound volume when considering a string plucked with the exact same amount of energy? Will volume increase or decrease?
Additionally, for the exact same scenario above, how would the body size effect sustain when considering a string plucked with the exact same amount of energy? Will sustain increase or decrease?
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If everything else is identical, the larger body will have greater resonance at lower frequencies, and as you commented, volume at resonant frequencies can be increased, so a larger guitar teens to give greater volume. This doesn't necessarily correlate with either increased or decreased sustain, though.
It may lead to increased sustain at certain frequencies or reduced sustain at others.
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