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				  constructordeguitarras -> RE: Tom's tutorial Manuel Reyes Flamenco negra (Jul. 18 2016 15:23:09)
				  						  
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				   quote:
  It all depends on the top tension, which I try not to build too tight at first but let the top age a little to tighten up. Then lower the saddle if necessary.        This is very interesting to me.  I have noticed that different guitars with the same string length and same strings can feel hard or soft to the player depending on something not so obvious, which I have attributed to top stiffness.  It sounds like you view the bulge of the top below the bridge as a spring.        I don't use a bridge caul at all.  I just clamp the bridge wings down from the outside of the soundbox, which is the traditional method.  The doming of my guitars pushes back and it works fine.
				  
				  				  
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