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#1
09-13-2020, 09:47 AM
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Top Bracing - Few Questions
I have gotten to the point where my upper transverse and X bracing are glued on!
My question is for those of you who do not inlet their finger braces and tone bars (into the X) ... What is your approach? do you butt the braces against one another, or taper to nothing? I am leaning towards a steep taper (leaving a sort of wedge at the ends) ... what are your thoughts / opinions, I would love to hear about the various approaches you all take as I try to figure out what works for me. Thanks in advance. Stay safe! 
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#2
09-13-2020, 02:24 PM
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Above the soundhole the braces are inlet into the linings, I usually scallop the end of the brace to 1/8~3/16" thickness inletted into the lining. Below the soundhole, I scallop the brace end down to nothing 1/8~1/4" away from the linings. Tone bars and finger braces are full height and butted against X brace at that end.
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#3
09-14-2020, 07:56 AM
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I butt the finger braces right up to the X-Brace. I will scallop them down to about 3/16th inch. On the other side I feather the end to paper thin and allow the linings to glue right over the top of the paper thin edge.
For the lower face braces I typically feather to zero on the outside edge and butt up against the X-Brace in the same manner as the finger braces.
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#5
09-14-2020, 10:32 AM
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Caution to OP: Everything's related. No one change in performance can be assigned to any one act/dimension/adjustment. There's no magical solution that will flow from any one dimension. I suggest emulating 'normal' parameters and enjoy the result. It's going to sound like a guitar, not a banjo. Too much interrelated stuff going on to be able to assign a result to any one thing.
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#6
09-14-2020, 12:08 PM
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