Neal
Senior Member
The Gibsons referenced above.
The L-0:
The L-00:
L-0 bracing:
L-00 bracing:
The L-0:
The L-00:
L-0 bracing:
L-00 bracing:
Scalloping has definitely come a long way over the decades. When compared with a rectangular (or straight) brace, the height and bevel of scalloped braces are definitely pronounced, certainly affecting mass. When approached in conjunction with instrumentation (or really, really good ears) scalloping is actually a fine adjustment technique for controlling the value of multiple natural frequencies occurring along the length of a brace, relative to their nodal position on the soundboard. Done properly, you could think of scalloping as "fine tuning." The goal of scalloping is to improve the potential output of the soundboard, not to compete with another bracing design. Whether that goal is realized, or not, is in the ears of the beholder....I think the mass (height, width and beveling) of a brace has a lot more to do with the ultimate tone produced by the top than does scalloping vs. non-scalloping...
Understood. Robbie learned from Kent Everett, and that is how Everett shapes and scallops (actually, a lot of luthiers do that).A lot of good information in 8:36! I find it interesting that he scallops the braces, but doesn't taper them (where the brace, when looked at from one of the ends tapers to a point, so that it ends up looking triangular). Also, he uses chisels to do the shaving with; I've only seen it done with finger planes.
The infamous Waverly factory!!A few years later, when I had the instrument was worked on by a tech in Waverly, he could tell from the sound that something had been done
I think it's just a reinforcement of sorts on the joint there Rock.What's with the webbing at the cross of the X on some of the guitars? I had that on an old Takamine 12-string, and wondered why it was there.
Fair enough, Neal, but I do love that look!Thanks, Chaz, but the 14-fret L-00 puts it to shame when flat picked.
I'm guessing to hold it in place until the glue dries, and it was just never removed.I think it's just a reinforcement of sorts on the joint there Rock.
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Or possibly to also help maintain the integrity of the joint for many years.I'm guessing to hold it in place until the glue dries, and it was just never removed.