Hybrid X bracing

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GarciaGuitarsOz
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Hybrid X bracing

Post by GarciaGuitarsOz » Mon Sep 20, 2021 2:54 pm

Hi everyone,
I wanted to share my finished Tasmanian Tiger Myrtle OM, in gratitude of the help I received.

Early in 2020 I sought advice on using a hybrid lattice brace for an OM acoustic I was building at the time.
Wayne Mcphee was incredibly helpful in sharing his bracing layout which I used, as was Trent Palelei from Brisbane guitar making school who's also a member here.

Specs on the guitar are as follows

Top: Old growth Master grade Sitka Spruce
Back and sides: Tasmanian Tiger Myrtle
Neck:The 7 piece bolt on neck in Qld walnut with thinner laminations of Qld maple and crows ash to create the striping
Body join 12th fret
Scale length 25.34"
K & K pure mini passive pickup
and Gotoh 510 tuners

Hope you enjoy the photos and I will try to post a video
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WJ Guitars
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Re: Hybrid X bracing

Post by WJ Guitars » Mon Sep 20, 2021 3:36 pm

Great photos of the guitar build. I like all of the guitar features that fit together with the back and sides in Tiger Myrtle.

Wayne

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Re: Hybrid X bracing

Post by 56nortondomy » Mon Sep 20, 2021 5:37 pm

Very nice Remi, it looks great and sounds amazing well done.
Wayne

GarciaGuitarsOz
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Re: Hybrid X bracing

Post by GarciaGuitarsOz » Mon Sep 20, 2021 6:19 pm

Thank you, it was a lot of fun to build and I love how it sounds.

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Re: Hybrid X bracing

Post by seeaxe » Mon Sep 20, 2021 6:57 pm

Very nice.
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Re: Hybrid X bracing

Post by asgilbert » Tue Sep 21, 2021 1:23 pm

What a lovely guitar. Great work Remi. Love the little unique touches you have added. :cl

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Re: Hybrid X bracing

Post by kiwigeo » Tue Sep 21, 2021 3:43 pm

Nice work....love the fretboard markers.
Martin

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Post by ozziebluesman » Wed Sep 22, 2021 9:01 pm

Beautiful guitar Remi. Wayne has given me the link to your sound demo and the guitar sounds wonderful.
Very well played I may add.
Cheers
Alan
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Re: Hybrid X bracing

Post by lamanoditrento » Tue Sep 28, 2021 4:46 pm

Beautiful guitar Remi. It great to hear it in person :cl :cl
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Re: Hybrid X bracing

Post by GarciaGuitarsOz » Sat Oct 02, 2021 6:10 am

Thanks for all the kind feedback guys.

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Re: Hybrid X bracing

Post by nkforster » Sun Oct 17, 2021 1:09 pm

Looks like you've made a good job of that. Well done.

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Re: Hybrid X bracing

Post by outbackjack » Tue Nov 09, 2021 9:20 pm

Beautiful workmanship :cl :cl :cl

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