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Aha!! Gotcha! That makes sense.
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Okay..
So I can see now that it's all over the shop, radius tops are semi-flattened for fingerboard overlay, tops get natural belly, the sides for a radius top are sometimes sanded to 90 degrees of course affecting the top radius shape etc etc.. that is just how it is, you almost can't really "calculate the measurements" perfectly, there are no measurements.. it's just done by hand and left to nature.
Maybe I have a mental disorder but has anyone ever wanted a guitar that is just perfectly symmetric and every square millimetre has been measured and put in place? I dream of a guitar with a 0 degree neck angle and flat top that stays flat, sanding away the bridge to the exact width of the fingerboard.. what a dream. Well there you have it folks, acoustic guitar building and OCD don't mix, what can I say.. I consider building a true flat top that stays flat but it probably wouldn't be that great of a guitar, too overbuilt? the issue ain't the common guitar - it's my ocd, ah yes there always a philosophical lesson with guitars.. Cheers all. |
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build one first
Before setting one's standards in concrete, I suggest that a prospective builder scratchbuild one instrument (yes, it will take quite a while) before deciding on his levels of acceptable tolerances. It's right amazing what experience illuminates. And this instrument needn't be the world-beater of the builder's dreams, just one that works right, at the end of it all. This instrument will do a whole lot of teaching for very little cash.
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Many years ago, I saw such a setup at a luthier's show. In that case, the strings were deflected sideways. I don't know if it was successful, but it sounded more like an archtop, rather than a flat top with a fixed bridge. |
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No need to say more than that . . .
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