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My first Negra
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RE: My first Negra (in reply to Sammy K)
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Hi Sammy. Congratulations. It looks very nice. I to like you (double Conde) headstock. The guitar looks very clean and well build. Did you build it with a slightly angled lower harmonic bar and thinner braces on the bass side as you said you would?
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Date Jun. 9 2005 8:35:48
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RE: My first Negra (in reply to Sammy K)
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I asked you because you wrote: <It does have enough trebles and bass, but I'm going to do some little changes to make them more separate and increase trebles.> I remember telling you that if you did what you have done, you might find that the trebles would be a bit flimsy and not so clear as the basses. I also told you that you were doing two things that was loosening the bass side, and that it might end up being to much, especially on a Negra. I know that theory sais that the angled lower harmonic bar should tighten the trebles. But experience from my own guitar and other more famous makers guitars, tells me that it does the opposite: It makes the bass looser and deeper. At the same time experiments with guitars stringed the other way around, like lefthanded gives the exact same result. This undermines another theory: that non symetrical bracing should make the guitar play high frequencies on one side and low on the other. Experiments tels me that it gives more room for the bass and a tendency to make the trebles weaker and not so clearly defined. So IMHO it's wrong to also make the braces on the bass side weaker. That's simply to much. You loose the idea of what is happening. On the other hand, the assymetrical system gives a very nice soundquality with lots of harmonics. So the way to go is to find out how much tension to put in the soundboard and the braces in order to balance the guitar and make the trebles strong. Also remember that Santos Hernandez model is very old and small and very much a Blanca. I think it's to light for a negra and especially if you use a larger body size. (plantilla) But again, these are just my thoughts, and your guitar looks wonderfull, so be happy and play it a lot. Anders
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Date Jun. 9 2005 15:59:09
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RE: My first Negra (in reply to Sammy K)
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Just one thing. In my vocabulary (I'm not a native English speaker either) assymetrical and non symetrical is the same thing, so I dont understand your last post. One of the words should be chamged to symmetrical in order to make sense.
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Date Jun. 10 2005 8:37:44
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