Hand Splitting Guitar Braces is an age old art. It involves splitting the wood to eliminate run-out. Learn how to do it in this article. Also find out what tools to use and all the necessary steps required to produce run-out free, great quality brace wood.

Gluing The Back Center Strip Source: Guitar Building Articles/The Guitar Back The Back Center Reinforcement Strip There are several schools of thought about in what order you glue the back braces and the back reinforcement strip. Tools & Materials Required: Fine Toothed Dovetail Saw X Acto Saw Go Board Tool 2-Part Instrument Epoxy Glue Titebond [...]

Guitar Back with Bracing Source: Guitar Building Articles/The Guitar Back Tools and Materials Required: Go Board Gluing Tool Titebond II or III for Domestic Hardwood 2-Part Epoxy for Exotic Hardwoods 1/2″ Chisel for Glue Cleanup Acetone for Epoxy Cleanup Rubber Gloves for Acetone Respirator for Acetone Cotton Cloth The biggest trick in bracing the Back [...]

Guitar Bracing Source: Guitar Building Articles/The Guitar Top The Purpose Of Guitar Plate Bracing Bracing for the Top Plate and the Back Plate can be almost as important selection as the tonewood itself. Bracing basically has two purposes in life: 1. Bracing Structural Quality: One of the bracings purposes is to protect the top or [...]

Dreadnought Guitar Diagram Source: Guitar Plans While the classical guitar has a lot more variety in bracing patterns than does the acoustic guitar, there are a few notable bracing patterns that have become a standard in the acoustic guitar making industry. In the 1930′s C.F. Martin rose to the top as the leader in steel [...]

If you have been around the acoustic guitar community for very long you have no doubt heard of scalloped bracing. Brace scalloping is usually a topic of lively discussion between luthiers. Some swear by it and some swear at it. Personally I fee that it lends itself to producing a fine-sounding instrument. Brace Scalloping – [...]