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Tom Blackshear -> RE: Top tuned to G# (Sep. 7 2015 14:05:08)
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The top at G# will be a little too high in its frequency if you are building toward a more F#-G when the guitar is finished. But you don't reveal what design you are using so this is rather off the road to finalizing the actual top tone.
There are ways to adjust this but the design is important for it to be worked just right. The top can be thinned around its outside edges to lower the key, or thinned out in its fan braces but the thinner braces might cause the sound to be brighter than normal, which could play negatively with the ambiance of the tone.
Many things are possible in tone adjustment but I always advise to build a proven pattern, which gives more information.
BTW, most top designs I've worked with are basically the same tonal key off the guitar as on it with the bridge installed, or very close to the actual off and on.
In case of being a little high, you can taper the edges a little to bring down the key. Do this with the guitar strung up, and playing; not more than about .1 mm thinner around the edges to start with.That's point 1 mm, .1 mm
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