Well I was carving my top braces until I had what I thought was a good sounding tap tone. Then since the work looked like a 6 year old had done it with a hatchet I cleaned it up some. In doing so I removed a bit more and now the tap tone doesn’t sound as good. Could I have gone too far? I have not put the cap on so I will do that tonight and see if there is a difference. I will not be posting photos since I’m not kidding it is past being ugly. In the couple of years that I have seen photos of what has been described as poor looking top bracing there has never been one as bad as mine.
Oh well, I have always admitted to no woodworking skills I just never let it stop me. I can remember almost every member here saying that their first guitar (or more) was over braced and I have tried to pay attention. I’m not too worried about implosion as it still appears stiff top to bottom and pretty stiff side to side. It just doesn’t tap near as well as it did.
Philip
