Australian/New Zealand Luthiers Forum

Thanks for your responses. The topic concerning cross grain stiffness in the G&G books is Design 4.5.4. The analysis appears to be based on unbraced soundboards although this is not specifically stated. They go on to state that cross grain stiffness can easily be addressed with bracing. It would see...

This is my first post on this forum. I have been playing guitar for 60 years and since I retired 6 years ago have been making guitars in order to better understand what makes them tick. Thus far I have built 5. It is a hobby and I like to experiment. My 5th guitar got me thinking about the way we br...