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Thank you so much for your detailed praise! It's nice to hear that because that's what I'm going for--refined but letting the natural drama of the wood play itself out. Best, Chris |
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Almost done bracing this top.
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Chris, I would love to play these guitars and hear what your hybrid bracing is yielding. I have had the opportunity to play one Elliott steel string and it was impressive, especially in the bottom end.
I love that Amboyna rosette, it's beautiful! Steve |
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Steve,
Thanks for taking a look! The open harmonic bars on the classical version really help the low end, especially as the body size gets smaller it seems to have a big impact versus closing the bars. It's harder for me to evaluate on steel because I've never done anything else. One other feature I wonder about in regards to your comment is the slimmer sides compared to a 00 or 000, combined with a slightly more mobile back. In theory this would increase the power of the bass reflex couple and could give more low end. That's maybe counter intuitive because deeper sides lower the air resonance a little bit which can give more low end, but it also weakens the coupling with the back which is important for bass production to a degree. You're welcome to come by anytime if you're in the area and visit! Cheers, Chris |
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¡ Your Guitars & Build Pics !
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I am into rosewoods & have two , one a single cut-a-way Madagascar & the other Cocobolo , both are dreads & Washburns , both have solid sitka spruce tops and mahogany necks . Any sound bites/videos of these fine pieces of artisan craftmanship . EZ : HR
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Thanks for the invitation, as anyplace in Washington sounds appealing. Steve |
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Your guitars sound really nice! I love Madagascan rosewood and have a huge stash of it... Brazilian as well. I'll post some sound clips at the end of the build thread; sometime in December. Thanks for looking, Chris |
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Time to button up the Redwood!
Here are some pictures of the inside before putting the back on. The side splints on this one are spruce instead of Blackwood on the Sitka, and the endblock is mahogany and maple. |
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Very unique! Nice clean work! Can't wait to hear the tone it produces.
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That is a very different bracing pattern for sure...I wish I could play that one and compare to my others! The workmanship looks really good btw....thanks for posting.
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Thanks, Chris |
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I would be happy to send you a shop demo guitar for a week that you can check out, once I build a couple to keep in inventory next year. No pressure at all to buy anything; I do it from time to time if someone wants to check out an instrument. I'm going to build one 00.5 and one 000.5 but the same overall bracing and design. I'll hopefully do another build thread for them so you should reach out to me at that time. Cheers, Chris |
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Chris .. you may have already seen this .. if not, its a good read about the early fan-braced Martins.
http://www.earlymartin.com/fanbraces.html |