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| Author: | erikbojerik [ Tue Jul 03, 2007 4:24 am ] |
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Being pretty new to this (still on my first), I'm at a loss. I've read about both ways, so which do you do, and why? And do you do the back any different from the top? |
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| Author: | Mike Collins [ Tue Jul 03, 2007 4:49 am ] |
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Welcome Eric; I notch all X braces on steels and the braces under the fingerboard. On Classicals I notch the 2 braces that run across the top. I notch all back braces into the lining.Why? because I've fixed many guitars with loose braces that were not notched.The brace can actually fall off. If a notched brace comes loose the end is usually secure in the lining and is an easy fix.  www.collinsguitars.com
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| Author: | Alan Carruth [ Tue Jul 03, 2007 7:45 am ] |
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Any brace that can't be carved down at the ends so that it's lower than the thickness of the top or back has to be notched in. If it can't flex with the plate it will peel up eventually, and inletting it will give it the support it needs to stay down. |
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| Author: | Colin S [ Tue Jul 03, 2007 8:31 am ] |
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All my braces that abut each other are inlet into the X-brace where they meet, I'm building a bracing system not just a set of separate braces that just happen to come together so I want them to act as if they are one piece. Where braces meet the edge of the guitar they are inlet into the kerfing. On some of my guitars that will include the lower bout X on some, not. Where a brace end finishes up on the plate (tone & finger or fan)then it is feathered down to nothing for the reason given above. Colin |
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| Author: | tippie53 [ Tue Jul 03, 2007 8:55 am ] |
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I am with Colin and Al Notch into the kerfing and feather if not john hall blues creek guitars |
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| Author: | jmanter [ Tue Jul 03, 2007 9:22 am ] |
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I set only the X braces into the kerfing. I also set my tonebars into the X brace. |
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