SFIV1967
Venerated Member
The Tacoma specs for the D-55 didn't show the wood type used for bracing, only some guitars like D-50 Bluegrass Special, D-40 Bluegrass Jubilee, F-40 Valencia and F-30 Aragon show explicitely "red spruce bracing" in the 2006 catalog. It is well possible the bracing for the traditional models in Tacoma stayed with sitka spruce. Only in New Hartford this was changed to Red Spruce bracing.I think the bracing is scalloped red spruce.
Ralf