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I'm planning a Dreadnought style guitar, 25.4 scale strung with mediums. So far I haven't built anything larger than an OM and my last 5 have been L-00 or smaller, so I need some guidance on a bracing pattern that I've been working on. From top to bottom:

Neck block is a double mortise and tenon.
Upper brace is 5/8 x 5/8.
Sound hole reinforcement is a cross grain patch of .125" spruce.
X braces are 5/16 x .600.
Finger braces are 1/4 x 1/4.
Bridge plate is .090 thick.
Tone bars are 1/4 x 1/2.
Tail block is 1/2" thick shop made plywood.

Ignore the profiling of the braces, that was just an exercise to gain more experience with my CAD program.



Thanks for looking,
Bob

That should work just fine.

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Thanks Rod.

Thanks Rod.