Echi -> RE: Heel Block (Nov. 10 2017 18:42:53)
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Hi, in my opinion Reyes used to discipline the lateral stiffness of the top through the under bridge patch: short patch for a stiff top (lateral stiffness), longer patch for a top a little floppy. All the 3 Reyes I saw, had a shorter patch than shown in the 2003 plan. Again, in internet you can find picuters of Reyes assembly a guitar and you can notice that he first glues the under-bridge patch, then the 2 transverse bars and eventually the 7 fan struts. My guess is that the 2003 Reyes is made using a low density top or at least floppies than in Reyes standard. In my understanding in normal conditions he would use a shorter patch and would keep the top at around 2 mm on the bass side and 1,9 on the treble side, thinning a little more on the area in treble side close the lower transverse bar. The guitars I saw had no continuous linings but single tentellones and didn’t have the 4 little “closing” struts.
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