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My Dog Bob
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Have any of you ever built a 12 fret steel string guitar with beefed up classical-type construction? How did it work? How stout was the fan/lattice? Any thoughts? Thanks, Peter
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A lot of builders have been doing it for a while.... there are different opinions on the bracing pattern/profile etc but its commonly done.

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Yeah, I've built plenty with lattice braced tops and backs, makes a great sounding guitar if done properly.

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Any pictures of the tops bracing layouts?
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pzwinakis wrote:
Any pictures of the tops bracing layouts?



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I'm inquiring about designs that have no X-bracing just a full latice (or fans)
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Ask OLFer jim Watts and check out John Mello's site. He's been making fan braced steel string guitars for decades.

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peterm wrote:
pzwinakis wrote:
Any pictures of the tops bracing layouts?



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wow that is a ridiculous amount of joints to make and all fit symmetrical. did you build a jig to make sure all the angles were cut perfect every time?
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wow that is a ridiculous amount of joints to make and all fit symmetrical. did you build a jig to make sure all the angles were cut perfect every time?


Yep....jigs and more jigs...

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Here's a couple of pictures for you.

This lattice top was .05 thick. While it was structurally sound and it sounded pretty nice, it wasn't quite what I was looking for. I will probably explorer this some more using a thicker top sans most of the cf.
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Here's a hybrid X/Fan and I really like this design.

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