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I do know in Scotland if you as someone what braces they prefer you may get an entirely different answer.
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My 2008 Adamas 2080 NWT had the LX Series Scalloped X and had bass galore along with clear mids and clear but slightly mellow highs. A very loud guitar, too!
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All but three of my acoustic guitars have X bracing, two have ladder bracing and one has fan bracing.
I believe that there are no absolutes, bracing is just one component among many contributing factors and the knowledge of what bracing system is present would not influence me one way or another. There are way too many variables. It's the marriage of all components which create a sound which will attract (or "repel") me from a particular guitar.
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I love ladder braced instruments but not more than x braced.Horses for courses.
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https://www.larrivee.com/news/2015/t...itional-series When Tommy Emmanuel is asked "What guitar should I buy?" He responds "The one that makes you happy." Last edited by FingahPickah; 09-25-2020 at 06:31 AM. |
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I've honestly never really thought about bracing. I've recently come to understand the difference between scalloped bracing and non-scalloped bracing and I understand the theoretical difference between the two. As far as different bracing patterns, I don't have a clue. Of my two favorite acoustic guitars I've owned over 40 years, I understand that one had non-scalloped and the one I have now is scalloped. I bought the guitars because of how the sounded and played and only learned that little detail later. As for X bracing, ladder bracing, forward shifted bracing, etc, etc, etc, these are just terms I see here and elsewhere but I really don't have a clue what they mean or how they affect tone. If I like how something sounds, I guess I like the bracing well enough.
Jeez, for that matter, I only really learned the general tonal differences between rosewood and mahogany in the past few years since I've been playing a lot again (after a long layoff). I had a BRW D28 for 25 years and it sounded sublime. Now I have an Adi over Hog CEO-7 and it sounds incredible to me now. My taste seems to have changed, but when I loved my D-28, I'm not sure I'd even played anything with mahogany in it to know the difference. Now, when I play mahogany and rosewood back to back I prefer mahogany almost every time. Now sure if my tastes have changed or if maybe I'd have liked a D18 back in the day as much or more than the D28. But I loved the D28, so I'm not gonna second guess it. Bottom line, I don't know that much about this stuff. I know what feels right to me - a V neck of some sort is what my hand likes best and I prefer a nut of 1.75" and string spacing of at least 2 1/4". Dreads are too big now and I like a guitar that fits me such that my right hand naturally falls just slightly in front of the bridge, so I can move forward to affect the tone, but not have to move back far at all to get my palm to the bridge for palm-muting or to anchor my hand for some fingerpicking maneuvers. Beyond that, if it hits my ear as fairly warm, not too bright, I'm happy. -Ray
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I don’t love bracing, I love the sound of fine guitars. I have a guitar I absolutely love that has no bracing.
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Bracing, string spacing, and string tension fall into categories I’m not the least concerned with. Every guitar player I’ve played with over my 40+ year playing career has had they same opinion on those issues. I embrace things that matter to me, and that is the sound coming from the sound hole and the feel of the guitar in my hands. If I had ran this checklist of things that have to be correct for me to be interested, I wouldn’t have been able to have formed a clear perception of the tone I prefer because I would have eliminated 2/3 of the hundreds of guitars I’ve auditioned over these past 4 decades. I see new players falling into this focus on minutia and it concerns me.
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