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Finished constructing a Blanca, I need help for the next
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MauiFlamenco
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Joined: Dec. 8 2009
From: Maui Hawaii
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Finished constructing a Blanca, I ne...
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Aloha brothers, I just finished constructing a 4th guitar. On this 4th guitar I accidentally baked the cypress sides, they got brittle and cracked. It forced me to use up some redwood that I had stored, and used them for the sides. The redwood is very soft. The cypress back is great. I did some brace shaping with a frequency generator, amp, and car speaker, and dialed in the fan braces and soundboard to a strong f#. It took me two weeks of experimenting with the chad I patterns. The problem now is that the redwood gives the basses a very strong sound, but the trebles lack that crispy percussive sound. All registers sound ok but I'm not feeling the brightness from the redwood in the trebles. My new guitar is a spruce top with maple back and sides. Does anyone have any advice for stronger trebles? Out of all the guitars that I have built, none of them have had a very crispy earthy dry sound. I like to play Buleria por medio, and want the String to have a strong resonance at the A#((3rd fret G string). Any ideas on how to shape for a brighter sound? Steeper taper on transverse braces, rounded vs triangular fan braces? Thin or thicker bridge wings? Tighter angle of string break at saddle and tie block? Any ideas are welcome, as long as they are constructive. This is a crazy hobby and passion. By the way, the soundboard was sanded to 2.4mm. Thanks guys, this means a lot to me. I play flamenco and to make my own instrument sounds incredible to me.
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