Building the Ergonomic Guitar

The following books come recommended by fellow BTEG readers – either in comments or by email. Have you read any of these? Do you have any recommendations to share? Let us know!

• Form, Function & Design– In response to a reader’s questions about form vs. function, guitar builder Rick Toone recommended this book as “a masterpiece of clear thinking about the relationship between form and function.”
• Performing Arts Medicine– Recommended by reader James Martin as “the most authoritative book I found on musicians’ problems with RSIs”. The book covers guitarists and other stringed instrument players as well as vocalists and dancers from a scientific perspective.
• Playing Less Hurt– Several readers have recommended this book on musician’s health issues and their prevention. The 2006 revised edition cites 46 bookson its way to covering a wide range of musician’s injuries.