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Originally Posted by FPerezRoig
What do you think about this bracing pattern? Would you modify it somehow?
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I'd make the 4 finger braces in the lower bout longer, to the edges of the pattern, then either let them into the linings or feather them to nothing near the linings.
My experience on my own instruments has taught me to scallop the upper transverse brace starting closer to the sides, removing less wood. It's an important structural brace.
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I'm about to round the soundhole's edge next, how do you guys do it?
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I'd suggest you leave it until final sanding. I use sandpaper over a half-round file. The treatment of the edge of the sound hole depends, in part, on what happens with the end of your fingerboard. I always extend the fingerboard to the edge and contour of the sound hole and don't want that portion of the sound hole edge rounded.