wfrancis86 -> Go-bar setup (Jun. 30 2012 20:43:11)
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Hi all, I am new around here, so maybe I should introduce myself. My name's William for starters, and I have been playing flamenco guitar for about 6 or 7 years now and find a lot of enjoyment in it. Basically I want a new guitar so I am going to try and make one with my father here in August/Sept/Oct. My dad built fine interior furniture for 35 years and now he is retired. And while I have picken up some things here and there from him, I would like to carry on his legacy of working by hand with wood. Because I am somewhat limited on time and money I have decided to purchase a kit from LMII. I am having them bend my sides and binding, and also put my fret slots in, but the rest will be shaped from virgin blocks of wood (headplate, neck, bracing). We'll be working with the Roy Courtnall Santos Hernandez 1933 plan. I just wanted to introduce myself and explain a bit of my situation because I know I will be around here in the next few months asking questions... I'll try my best to do database searches first of course. My first question: Why the go-bar (I think that's what its called) setup for gluing braces onto the soundboard? Why not just glue all the braces at once with a single weight on top? I am assuming there are some good reasons not to take this simplified approach.
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