Anders Eliasson -> The other Barbero plan (Oct. 14 2014 11:20:11)
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This plan is not being discussed very much here. And thats a pitty. IMHO, its the best starting point for a new luthier. The reson being that it is very standard, referring to what I´ve seen over the years here in Andalucia. There´s nothing extreme in this design and so its a good place to start and eventually go on somewhere else. Besides that, it produces a very nice and well balanced guitar if you get the figures right. The problem with the plan is that its confusing because the author, Lewis, has drawn 2 plans in one drawing. I refer to the Barbero guitar. Not the one Lewis made. I´ve built some guitars from that plan, In the start I made the 7 piece fan braces 5mm wide and 4 mm high. This I changed to 6mm wide and 3,5mm high. Closing struts 5mm wide and 3mm high in both examples. Later on I made the bridge strap go all the way from one side to another, 15mm wide and 1 - 1,2mm thick. That last version I braced flat and all my guitars since then (60 - 70) have been braced flat. All this is a good example on how you can start with a design and devellop it into your likings. I dont build this concept anymore. The last 40 - 50 guitars have a 5 piece fan bracing and 2 closing struts Layed out evenly to cover the whole soundboard and almost parallel braces. But for those wanting to build from a plan, this is a good starting point because its very middle of the road and very flamenco. It produces a solid sounding guitar. Percussive and responsive but with a bit more hamonics and sustain compared to the ultra old style designs. But all this depends 100 times more on the hands than on the design.
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