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Is there a way to determine where to leave the peaks on scalloped bracing? I've read so many different things, and so many different opinions, I don't know what to believe. I have a Santa Cruz 00 all mahogany, with scalloped bracing, and it sounds fantastic. As I cyle through playing my three different guitars, everytime I get to my OO, I'm amazed at how much quality sound I get from such a small guitar. I was thinking of just trying to copy it, as far as the bracing goes, but I'm using carpathian spruce, and I figured it would need different brace shaping than a mahogany. I know that since it's my first build, I'm not going to be able to tell much difference, since I have nothing to compare it to. I just want this thing to sound good! Any tips on locating the scalloped peaks is greatly appreciated.

Sean

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About 3 inches in from the edge is what I've heard most often.

Chuck

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Is that 3" along the brace from where it meets the side, or to the nearest point on the edge?

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The name catgut is confusing. There are two explanations for the mix up.

Catgut is an abbreviation of the word cattle gut. Gut strings are made from sheep or goat intestines, in the past even from horse, mule or donkey intestines.

Otherwise it could be from the word kitgut or kitstring. Kit meant fiddle, not kitten.

Along the brace from what I understand.

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"To live a creative life, we must lose our fear of being wrong"
- Joseph Chilton Pearce

Thanks!

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The name catgut is confusing. There are two explanations for the mix up.

Catgut is an abbreviation of the word cattle gut. Gut strings are made from sheep or goat intestines, in the past even from horse, mule or donkey intestines.

Otherwise it could be from the word kitgut or kitstring. Kit meant fiddle, not kitten.