And more acoustic archtops are built with x-bracing these days as well. The parallel-ish tone bars give that old style punchy fundamental dominant sound; x-braces give a more complex warm sound with richer overtones. Benedetto uses both but he feels the x-brace is a better, more modern, sound.
She got bored.Clean up those shavings and send The Boss in for inspection.
Normal judgmental kitty look.
So, I drew upon my Yankee upbringing and raided my stash of scraps and offcuts from previous molds.
Waste not, want not.
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And my wee-est plane is perfect for shaping the tone bars. Height is far more important than width, as far as strength goes, so it's easy to reduce mass from the sides.
So sorry to hear that Timo. I’m glad you have those to remember him.That is a quite nifty IBEX plain - I have one IBEX + one GEWA - they were given to me as memories of my good friend, who did not wake up this morning. He was violin repair man. I have held some extremely expensive violin bows in my hands in his workshop - well not millions worth - but anyway.
Whenever I see picture of those I remember him.
The bigger one on the left has base length of 45mm - the smaller one is 31,5mm - about 1,25 inches
The gray GUILD thingy is from the original case of my foolishly sold 1963 DE400
The F512 model is something I bought in USA 40-48 years ago.
Picture is dark because midnight starts creeping in.
parts in any build of a new model is the time it takes to make molds, etc. So while I'm preparing the sides for bending, I also need to get cauls made for the sharper bends around the headblock, as well as the headblock itself. These can't just follow the outside mold, but need to be the thickness of the sides away.
Slow and steady wins the race.
