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here is the bracing layout

this is a top with bracing inspired by the Gore Gilet books...I will post a pic from my pc shortly, on my laptop at the moment, New to this VA program...

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here is my rather simple, but effective jig using hdpe for the guides...the four middle pieces cut to .300 wide the end ones are .400 wide to center in the 2 inch slot and give proper spacing..on a 1.75 inch nut.

Apart from keeping me glued since I got them, and more excited about guitar building than I have been for ages, I have found these books refreshingly honest and they dispel many myths that have become accepted as “fact” in the lutherie community. The problem is that these “facts” have no empirical ...

I have done two 6 string guitars and one 12 string using Trevor's numbers, he was kind enough to send me the numbers for a 24.9 scale.. I leave the fretboard at the normal length and add a shim to the front of the nut then carefully measure and file...the results have been very good with just a few ...

I have a OM body style that I started months ago that I decided to try my hand at putting in an armrest , and now it has become my test guitar for using carbon fiber ,with an x brace design simular to picture 11-29 in Trevor's book, using carbon tow on the braces and cloth on the bridgeplate. I used...

adirondack spruce ..bent at 300 degrees...sprayed with supersoft ..
my first shot at falcate bracing!!!

anyone using open office calc??? I am not very proficient but can be very persistent??!!

thats .034 for high e compensation ...includes .0019 for compression rounded to .036

I just strung this up tonight..I started this guitar a long time ago, its been sort of a test guitar. I used your numbers to compensate the nut and saddle...worked fantastic!!! the 3rd , 5th and 7th frets are almost dead on ...within a couple of cents, setup is close but not done, I am letting it se...

Thanks!!!
By any chance have you done a 12 string using this method ???????

Great books, I do this as a hobby and have been building for a couple of years with 6 completed and a couple in the finishing stages, these books have answered a lot of questions...not to mention dispelling a few myths!!!!! I use two scales , which just happen to corespond to the LMI template I use ...