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Old 04-14-2020, 08:12 AM
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Originally Posted by charles Tauber View Post
"The devil is in the details."

At first glance, the two look similar. With closer examination, there are many differences, too many for me to list here.

Here are a few of the more significant differences:

1. The Gibson X brace is closer to the sound hole. The usual target is to have the legs of the X pass through the ends of the bridge. "Raising" the X brace, while still having its legs pass under the ends of the bridge changes the angle of the X, "opening" the lower bout more. The "opening" of the X brace in the lower bout changes what the other lower bout braces do. This affects sound. With the X close the sound hole, the small horizontal brace beneath the sound hole is omitted. It's being omitted likely makes no real difference.

2. The Gibson bridge plate is smaller and of slab cut wood with a grain not oriented along the length of the plate. A poor wood choice.

3. As previously mentioned, the Gibson upper arms of the X brace are tapered, reducing stiffness in the upper bout/soundhole area. That can affect sound as well as longevity.
Nice explanation! Tks
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Old 04-14-2020, 01:39 PM
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Look at the ends of all the different braces. Some go under the kerfing and cross braces and some don't. Both makes do it differently with their different braces.
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Old 04-14-2020, 02:24 PM
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The biggest difference to me is where the sound hole is located and where the X is located. The Gibson soundhole is about an inch above the waist of the guitar towards the neck with the X fairly close to the hole.
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