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Terence Kennedy
PostPosted: Wed Feb 25, 2009 10:57 am 
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Greetings,
Anyone have any thoughts on bracing with a wood different from the top? i.e. a Lutz top and Sitka braces or Red Spruce and Sitka etc.
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I routinely brace with Adirondack, regardless of the top material. The combination of Lutz and Adirondack (bracing) seems to work particularly well.
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Howard Klepper
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Terence Kennedy wrote:
Greetings,
Anyone have any thoughts on bracing with a wood different from the top? i.e. a Lutz top and Sitka braces or Red Spruce and Sitka etc.
Terry


I can't see any reason why the braces should need to be of the same species as the top.

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JJ Donohue
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Same here...I've always used stiff Adi braces with all Spruce species as well as Redwood.

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Fred Tellier
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A well known Canadian builder, told me he braces with Engleman on all his tops and his guitars sound fantastic. I used this with a sitka top on the Small jumbo I had at Ann Arbor and love the sound, very responsive and loud.

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Terence Kennedy
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