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Originally Posted by Eugenius
Hey Gang:
I was sort of arguing on another forum about scalloped bracing with another poster. His argument was from an engineer's perspective, in that scalloped bracing is flawed and not a viable solution to "tuning a top" and that non scalloped thinner braces will distribute the tone more evenly than having soft and hard spots.
Can you guys school me on scalloped bracing, why it is used over thinner/lighter braces and what advantages there are to non-scalloped braces?
I know all or most of you guys all scallop your braces.
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Uh, Eugene,
I am not a builder, but I have a duck in this walk.
The shape and size of the braces, to one extent or another, is used in tuning a top.
Braces can be made smaller without scalloping, which is a certain kind of shaping that looks like a suspension bridge.
The less mass there is to the braces, the more bassy the instrument will be.
How the braces are brought to the point of having less mass will determine the tightness, or looseness, of that bassiness.
My guitar has non-scalloped bracing because I did not want a bassy sound guitar. I wanted a tighter sounding guitar with a quick, punchy response with not much sustain.
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