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I've used the double X brace ever since Al showed me the two guitars he mentioned above. It makes tuning the top with Chladni patterns much easier and sounds great. Gibson tried double X awhile back it those guitars sounded horrible. I've since seen an old Gibson top with the double X and it is easy...

I bought this fiddle shortly after Al finished it and have been playing it almost exclusively since then. It almost always elicits a comment or two. It's better to have people focus on the my fiddle as opposed to my fiddle playing. :) I think it is a rather bright instrument but it has a good even b...

I have the same Williams/Fleishman style machine. What I would do is to use it to cut the binding channel everywhere except part of the cut away that is at an angle. I would then adjust the cradle so that the remaining portion of side is vertical and cut that. There would be a bit of cleanup with a ...