I'm building a guitar that is more on the lines of a cross between an electric and acoustic guitar. Think Taylor's T5, kind of.
What I'm doing is hollowing out an electric style body, like this.
The shape is basically an L-00. What I've done is hollow out the guitar to a depth of 1 and 1/4"(total body depth is 1 and 9/16").
My plan is to brace the top the way an L-00 is braced(I realize I could probably run just two parallel braces on the top, but this will be practice for stepping out into acoustic building as well. Two birds with one stone, so to speak). I'll use the Fishman Powerjack preamp and a Soundboard transducer(SBT). There will be no sound hole. Since I don't expect to get a lot of unplugged acoustic tone from this, I'm hoping the lack of a sound hole will let me get just a bit more volume from the instrument through an amp or PA before feedback rears it's ugly head.
My questions are as follows.
Firstly, I've just received the top wood from Stew Mac. I'm in Virginia, Stew Mac is in Ohio. How long would you recommend I let the top acclimate to my weather/humidity conditions before working it?
Secondly, does anyone have a decent drawing/plan of an L-00 bracing pattern they can post as a PDF or email to me?
Thirdly, I've read several discussions on this board regarding most plans being a little on the heavy side as far as bracing dimensions are concerned. Can you give me a few starting guidelines, especially for the X bracing?
Thanks for any help you can give.