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Ricardo
PostPosted: Fri Oct 24, 2008 10:37 pm 
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Anyone have experience building a guitar with carbon fiber and/or lattice bracing? Has it been successful? Do you get a louder top? I see LMI has a Courtnall plan with a lattice braced top.

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I build my guitars with lattice bracing. I think of it as a triple x brace.
My guitars are loud The tops are pretty thin and the lattice is needed to support the thin tops.

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Steve do you have some pics? Or a website where I can see some of your bracing patterns? :o

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