This is a lutz top for a mahogany dred that is a spec guitar for a local store that deals mostly in old Martins. It has taken quite a while to finsih because of other pressing projects. Anyway, I am doing set up tonight and it sounds very promising even with the old worn out strings I use while doing set-up. My question is would you use Med. strings on a Dred with bracing this light? The X-brace is 9/32 wide and 1/2 tall at the joint. The rest of the braces are 1/4 wide. The lutz top is .125 at the soundhole, thinned to about .10 at the edges of the lower bout. I wanted to us light, straight (don't use the P word) bracing and get close to the edge of strong enough, but did I get too close? What do you think, Med or should I tell potential buyers to stick to light gague?
Thanks, Paul
