Larry Coon Larry Coon Lutherie
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Trevor Gore on tucking top braces into linings
I’m reading the Design book of the Gilet/Gore set (2nd Edition) and ran across something that surprised me. Under “Top bracing layout – guidelines” (Section 4.4.8, pp 4-52) Gore writes, “Brace ends that are housed into the linings stiffen the edge of the soundbard considerably and so constrain its mobility. Unless you are chasing a…
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Larry Coon Larry Coon Lutherie started the discussion Parlor scale length in the forum Quick Questions 7 months ago
Curious if anyone has tried a longer scale length (24.9 or 25.4) on a parlor guitar, and if there are resulting intonation issues at these scale lengths. Thanks!
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Larry Coon Larry Coon Lutherie started the discussion Darkening Brazilian RW in the forum Quick Questions 7 months ago
Hi all, I was fortunate enough to have been gifted a Brazilian RW B&S set from a friend who inherited it. Unfortunately, while the back pieces were nicely bookmatched, the side pieces apparently were orphans. One of the sides matches the back closely enough, but the other is pretty light, and the contrast is….stark.
I want to darken-up…
