Echi -> RE: Soundboard doming at sound hole (Mar. 8 2023 8:50:33)
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The S shaped top doming is often the Outcome of a thin top under the string tension. It’s the opinion of many (and mine as well) that plantilla (the shape), the overall geometry and the choice of the actual piece of wood contributes more to the tone than the bracing itself. Barba is known to assemble the guitar like the violin makers do, so with a mold in the inside of the instrument and the top glued to the body at the end of the process, just before the fretboard. I’ve been surprised to read in the Santos plan drawn by Richard Bruné that Santos could have assembled his guitars in the same way. Nobody knows for sure but someone debates about it.
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