Anders Eliasson -> RE: Closing struts (Apr. 8 2009 0:57:16)
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I suspect the reason you have received no concrete replies is that there is no concrete answer to your question. Exactly. There are no easy answers on how to brace a guitar (exept the "build my Reyes model" attitude) Its not so that if you use closing struts you get this kind of sound, etc. Its all about balance. And each builder has his/her way of reaching their goal. For John it works with a totally stripped off system. Its been done before with succes. For other builders its not their way of doing things. Thats why they work another system. I work 7 braces, small closing struts and a very thin bridge strip. (not a bridge path) This I can make symetrical or asymetrical. Just to show how impossible bracing questions are: What effetct does the tapering of the braces in the lower bout have 20mm, 25mm 30mm 35mm 40mm and this in combination with no closing struts, closing struts which are 14cm, 15cm, 16cm, 17cm etc. [:D] If you were to answer this you´d have to build MANY guitars using wood which had to be totally identical. And remember that each square centimeter is different from each other. So the final goal is balance. Being 5, 6 or seven braces. Symetrical, asymetrical, Reyes, Barebero, Conde etc. Nice building Anders
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