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I'm using a lutz spruce top with a simple rosette using some b/maple/b purfling that I made up some time back.
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And an inlaid ivoroid sound-hole binding like Haans uses on his Larkins Bros. builds.
And I'm also going with an oak back.
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But the sides are african mahogany, since the matching squirrelly grained sides only wanted to crack.
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Birch ply tail-block, black walnut neck block, traditional kerfed lining that I made, and ribbon side reinforcements set in hhg.
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Pretty standard back bracing.
And now to the top bracing. These were braced many different ways, from ladder bracing, to V bracing, to X bracing. So since there was really no standard on these I decided it would be good to try Haans's latest bracing brainstorm, the X brace/ladder combination. The idea being to combine X bracing's stability with ladder bracing's sound quality.
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Here it is all carved down, and I tell you it's tapping good. You might just be onto something here Haans!
I try to only steal from the best!
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Thanks,
Joe