Tad Brown Acoustic Archtop Guitars for the Santa Barbara show SBAIC

[Tad Brown]

Great show! Thanks to everyone who stopped by the table. I really enjoyed talking to everyone. Here are a couple videos

[Codfather]

Hi Tad,

Those are some very nice guitars,wow!
Love the bridge,is it of your own design?Would that be considered floating?

[Diamondave]

Great meeting you Tad, and supper cool guitars man, I enjoyed playing them, and superb looking too!

[redir]

Beautiful. I like the little 'twist' in the F-hole design. The light technique for thicknessing is pretty cool too.

[Tad Brown]

Originally Posted by Codfather

Hi Tad,

Those are some very nice guitars,wow!
Love the bridge,is it of your own design?Would that be considered floating?

Thank you, yes it's an early version of my ultra-light archtop bridge, floating/held on by string tension, inspired by classical instruments. I've since moved to an adjustable two piece version with a smaller footprint.

The idea is to be as lightweight and minimal as possible, yet still very strong, made out of solid rosewood, allowing the guitar to be highly responsive and resonant. Overall weight is just under 5lbs.

[Tad Brown]

Originally Posted by Diamondave

Great meeting you Tad, and supper cool guitars man, I enjoyed playing them, and superb looking too!

Great meeting you too Dave. Thanks for stopping by to check them out. It was also fun hanging out and chatting about Venice.

[Tad Brown]

Originally Posted by redir

Beautiful. I like the little 'twist' in the F-hole design. The light technique for thicknessing is pretty cool too.

Thanks Redir, I appreciate that.