Bracing and Voicing the Soundboard on Guitar #56

I really liked watching this and learned several techniques that I will use as I build #4; prepping the braces for scalloping with the saw and stabilizing the braces for glue-up with the small blocks. Thank you for your videos

I like the little blocks of wood to keep things from sliding. Very helpful video!

Agree! Nothing better than a good sharp chisel. Like butter. Thanks for the video.

Very interesting eric,thanks. I can’t believe how much material you’ve taken off the braces with your end escalopes starting way earlier than mine and going down low very early. Then you still take out the massive middle escalope on the x braces. Just voiced my 2nd guitar (first solo build) with a Sitka top and my braces stay at full height until the escalopes at the end but are all slimed down to a point in profile. Starting to think I should take more off now! My tops about 2.6mm at moment before final sanding etc.

I can see this bracing is good .

cool. thanks for the detailed video. ..

That was really interesting. Meticulous and very accurate work, a pleasure to watch.  Regarding the scalloping, as you mentioned, the height of the bracing effects its stiffness. Therefore, by scalloping, the plate ends up with points of stiffness at the point of each scallop, which In turn will effect the sound. So is the location of each scallop point important?

Yes I learned something I never knew. Are different guitars voiced differently, like Martin or dreadnought style. Thank you i have to digest your genius.

What notes do you look for when tuning that top? Beautiful soundboard, and beautiful video. Thanks for teaching.

Very nice ... Thanks for sharing !! :)

Lovely work. Did the modifications to the bracing work out? I've learned a lot from watching this. Thank you for sharing. I'm a 77 Year old retired muso / entertainer who makes a few Ukuleles & I've made two guitars so far. I'm loving it. Cheers from Australia.

They say if you find something you love to do, and can get someone to pay you to do it, you'll never work a day in your life. Looks like you found yours.

Interesting video with lots of tips, thanks, but what are listening for when tap tuning at the end? And how then do you alter the shapes of the braces from the sounds you hear?

Hey Eric great video as usual. What was the final opinion of the x-brace to torsion bar brace you added around the sound hole? Also like the method you used for carving all the braces.

Hello Eric, Do you radius all your braces or just the x-brace, the long sound bar braces and the trasversal brace? Thank you for your informative videos. Best wishes

Man that bracing seems light. Especially for a Cedar top. Beautiful work btw. My Martin with golden era bracing has that pyramid shape on all of the bracing peaks. Nice to see they took the time in a production guitar to do that. I knwo not all have it. In fact some can look downright rough. Mine are smooth as can be

It would be nice to know what radius you use. Do you glue the braces on a radiused board or do you force them down flat like Martin does?

As you were tapping it what was it you were wanting to hear. Was it a particular ring? Is it at all quantifiable?

Interesting...stop blocks for gluing on the go bar deck. I've never seen that before

Is it possible to have the bracing arched away from the top and only glued at the vibrational nodes? Do you voice tops differently for open and drop tunings?