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Originally Posted by theEdwinson
I'm very curious about how you plan to brace this top. This is a great opportunity to break out some new engineering concepts. I'm wondering what sort of sound and tonal palette you guys are looking to get with this interesting design. I'm thinking of that 1920's Epiphone Olympic archtop that David Rawlings has played for years now.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h8chFVi0EN0
Is this sort of what you guys are doing with this guitar?
Very cool concept! I'll be watching this build. A Hatcher/ Rogers collaboration! |
Hi Stephen,
I know enough about archtops to know that I don't know anything about archtops other than I really like the way they look. This is definitely a flat top parlor. People are often surprised by how much projection a parlor guitar has.
I think you have to do a lot wrong to not get projection from a parlor. The challenge is to turn what could easily sound "harsh" into "lush". I'm starting the bracing design off close to the X-brace lattice hybrid system I normally use. The challenge is to work that with sound porting consisting of f holes and a side sound port.
Mark