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• Bones Moderator

  May 2019 edited May 2019 Posts: 3,319

  Are you going to build a 12 fret or 14 fret? Short or long scale? are you sticking with the original geometry?
• DarrenKingUK New

  May 2019 Posts: 20

  Hi Bones,
  Original geometry/scale length and 12 fret I think, unless there is a good reason to do otherwise.
  Cheers
  Darren
• Bones Moderator

  May 2019 Posts: 3,319

  Ok if you stick with the original geometry I'd stick with the original bracing. Conversely, I built a 14 fret short scale which puts a lot of distance between the bridge and tailpiece so to support that area of the top I added a 5th brace.
• DarrenKingUK New

  May 2019 Posts: 20

  Hi Bones, Maybe we are talking at crossed purposes but the concert model I am referring to is the nylon strung classical which has a conventional, albeit quite wide, bridge rather than a tailpiece. The brace is very deep and has an angle that the resonator was bonded to so I was wondering if there is any harm in just making it a ‘normal’ brace shape. I’ll have another look at the plans tomorrow and compare it to a traditional classical guitar bracingly see how they compare.
  Regards
  Darren
• Bones Moderator

  May 2019 Posts: 3,319

  Oh my bad, I have no experience with the nylon string guitars. Sorry.
• DarrenKingUK New

  June 2019 Posts: 20

  Good morning

  Does anyone have any string recommendations for a nylon strung Concert model Sel/Mac?

  Regards

  Darren
• riccardomordeglia New mordeglia

  June 2019 Posts: 2

  I made many concert model guitars. Look at www.mordeglia.com

  for the bracing I made some little changes from some old guitars I restored. But the plan y we said work well. Maybe it gives a not so loud volume but depending on the woods and the thickness. You can make your changes but not in classical guitar way that gives a too much mellow sound.

  for the strings use hard tension good quality strings
• DarrenKingUK New

  June 2019 Posts: 20

  Good morning Riccardo,

  Thank you for your comments and your guitars look fantastic. Mine still have some way to go but they are starting to look like guitars now! I am interested to know what changes you made to the bracing and why?

  Regards

  Darren

  

  
  

  

  

  

  

  
  

  
• DarrenKingUK New

  June 2019 Posts: 20

  Machined the headstocks today and hope to get them married up to their necks in the near future. The dowel holes are to aid alignment and prevent slippage when gluing up and clamping

  

  
  

  

  

  
  
• Bones Moderator

  June 2019 Posts: 3,319

  pretty work!