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Originally Posted by Photojeep
Mr. Sexauer,
I am in awe of your craftsmanship and attention to detail. I can only imagine what your instruments sound like.
Please pardon my ignorance but I have one question. Early in this build, you show the guitar body before the back is installed and I noticed the braces (vertical pieces spanning the width of the side pieces) along the sides seem to be a black material with some sort of logo. On my Gibson, these braces are made of wood. What are yours made from?
Thank you for your time and sharing photos of your beautiful guitars.
PJ
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I see no reason for braces on the sides of a guitar, and at least one good reason not to have them. If they are glued on, the long grain of the brace is 90 degrees to the long grain of the sides, and any changes in humidity will create stresses which can (and do) lead to cracked sides and/or loose braces. What you are looking at is polyfiber ribbon HHG'd to the sides with the goal of keeping a crack from running the length of the sides, should a crack occur.