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09-25-2021, 07:25 PM
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Colin, not a dumb question at all. Flexing and tapping are both great ways to get an idea where you should stop carving the top as a whole. Some luthiers use other methods such as incorporating tone generators and deflection jigs to tell them enough is enough. For an individual brace though it comes from the experience of finding where you want your peaks and valleys, the height, weight, and thickness of the braces, and if you can distinguish a difference when you try other methods. Like most luthiers, we fall in the path of a tradition of bracing that we have then modified. We did not create anything out of whole cloth. Steve and I have a sound that we love and can replicate using a set bracing pattern with set parameters. Having carved about 150 tops (braces not archtops) in the last 15 years, it’s now just a matter of looking at the brace to know when it’s right, but I still use calipers to make sure everything is how it should be. Bruce, we agree about Limba as well. We’re anxious to see if this one follows suit. 
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09-27-2021, 05:00 PM
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Closed the box on the guitar today. Here’s what it looked like before the lid was closed.
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#33
09-27-2021, 05:18 PM
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I love “inside the box” pictures. This one is Beautiful guys!!!
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09-28-2021, 03:02 PM
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Thanks Joel. Appreciate it.
Here’s a body ready for binding. 
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09-29-2021, 03:12 PM
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09-30-2021, 12:36 PM
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10-01-2021, 02:50 PM
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Almost got the neck ready.
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10-01-2021, 02:57 PM
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Coming together beautifully. Tony McManus spending a half hour on Tom's Kinnaird OM with SE Asian Dalbergia at BIG gave me an even higher level of appreciation for how well your deep OM works with rosewoods. The new owner of this one is beyond blessed.
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- john If anyone has ideas for case storage once your kids' closets and under their beds are full I'm all ears. Last edited by BlackKeys36; 10-01-2021 at 07:25 PM. Reason: typo
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10-02-2021, 07:30 AM
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I think that was quite an honor for that Kinnaird and the human Kinnaird and Middlebrook!
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10-02-2021, 08:33 AM
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Thanks guys! Yes, it was quite an honor to hear Tony play one of our guitars. And to hear what he can bring out of a guitar was just amazing.
Tom, maybe we could twist his arm to come back next year?????
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#42
10-05-2021, 06:32 PM
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Time for finish.
 
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10-08-2021, 08:02 AM
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Always a good day to finish a guitar.
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