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Thanks Martin. It has regular x-bracing with tone bars and finger braces.

Thanks Richard. Classy is what I was striving for!

Thank you. The finish on the body is rattle-can NC lacquer (Watco brand) overtop of a couple of light epoxy coats, sanded back (mostly to fill the rosewood bindings, but I did the body too). For the neck, I used epoxy to fill and then a shellac sealer coat, followed by many thin coats of Tru-oil.

Hi all, This is my first attempt at a scratch build, in the style of the famous Gibson J45. I used the Gore/Gilet books as my bible for the construction. I went with a radial brace pattern on the back instead of the usual ladder bracing. I strung it up last week and have played it for a while each d...

Whoops, my bad. I overlooked the statement in the build book that the 3rd brace should be half-way between the 2nd brace and the tail.

Now I know!

cheers

Hi all, I'm building the Gore & Gilet J45-style, and just want to check the location of the lower-bout horizontal brace. I'm going to be implementing the radial braces as well. Should the bottom brace be located at 340mm from the top of the guitar? This is the distance shown on the plan for the Falc...

Hi Stu and all, Is this the sort of thing you have in mind? It's a portable midi guitar pickup that a young fellow I know is working on. Check out the two youtube demo videos and if you have any feedback I'd be happy to pass it along. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hPzoWdHYlyY https://www.youtube.c...