I wanted to design a guitar with a tailpiece and lighter bracing and after hours of research I decided ladder bracing sounds like a good option.
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(Freeman from AGF) Some, but not all, of the old ladder braced guitars as well as Sel-Mac (which are ladder braced) have tailpieces instead of pinned bridges. Therefore they have almost zero rotational torque around the bridge - this makes perfect sense for ladder bracing. X bracing works very well to strengthen the area between the bridge and soundhole - a ladder braced guitar simply doesn't need that.
and many other threads leading towards this idea as well.
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http://www.acousticguitarforum.com/foru ... 587&page=2
if the bridgeplate on a pinned bridge then transfers energy to the X brace, is it reasonable to believe that if the bridge could sit directly on top of the x brace it would be more efficient?
If so, when using ladder bracing, I would be inclined to think that one placed directly under the floating bridge would be ideal, instead the examples I see show a reinforcement there instead, not touching any braces. These instruments have been described as loud, with reduced sustain, which seems to sum things up for a guitar with a floating bridge.
Thank you! Heres some pics to start off with
. That's pretty on par with what I've heard about the tone though. I probably wont be doming the soundboard as much as the maccaferri though, no bend atleast, which I heard was done on some or all of them.
