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- Sat Sep 01, 2012 5:57 am
- Forum: Other Stringed Instruments
- Topic: Electric lute
- Replies: 2
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Re: Electric lute
Hi Mark, I understand the purpose of your electric lute is training with traditional feel, which it is different from mine making an electric koboz (kind of "folk lute": same design but less strings and no frets). However, you may get some inspiration concerning the headstock issue. Sticki...
- Sun Aug 05, 2012 2:23 pm
- Forum: Archtop Guitars and Bass Guitars
- Topic: Unorthodox X-bracing
- Replies: 6
- Views: 9210
Re: Unorthodox X-bracing
Thank you all for the comments and also for drawing my attention to Ken Parker's guitars. In the meantime I was also considering mixing somehow X-braces and parallel.
However, finally I decided to use traditional parallel bracing to focus on "projection".
However, finally I decided to use traditional parallel bracing to focus on "projection".
- Tue Mar 13, 2012 4:58 pm
- Forum: Archtop Guitars and Bass Guitars
- Topic: Unorthodox X-bracing
- Replies: 6
- Views: 9210
Unorthodox X-bracing
Probably I am not the first to think about these variations in archtop bracing, however I have not met anyone mentioning it: - One bracing is glued all along and the other overarching it in the middle - Both braces form an arch above the middle area (although they are joined in the middle) See schem...