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Comment by john w on November 13, 2019 at 5:50am

Impressive piece of engineering and nice to look at.  I feel your pain re the playing...like you I am builder first and have cobbled a few things together that sound sort of like music...but am always on the lookout for that person who will get the most out of my builds. I have experimented with cedar and found it to be a beautiful tonewood. You don't discuss internal bracing...is the top braced?  I have found that a thin top is best and that it must be braced to withstand the bridge force and to generate the volume and tone.  My tops are generally just above 3/32 in thickness so bracing is essential.  

Comment by Bruce Young on May 22, 2019 at 2:09am

Thanks, gents. It was a lot of fun engineering the tuning head arrangement. Combining that with a box design and wood selection I hadn’t used before made it a bit of a mystery as to how it would sound and feel. I’m having fun with it, and greatly appreciate the feedback from folks who know a whole bunch more about any of this than I do.

Comment by Danny Gordon on May 21, 2019 at 6:50pm

very creative nice job

Comment by Richard Sundberg on May 21, 2019 at 12:40pm

Nice build, creative!

Comment by AGP # on May 18, 2019 at 9:25am

A very nice very light build Bruce, sounds fine, and thanks for explaining the Machine Heads setup :-)

Comment by Greg Tiffany on May 18, 2019 at 4:19am

I like it Bruce! Great Job!

Comment by Uncle John on May 18, 2019 at 4:15am

I agree on the cedar.  I had a couple cedar topped Seagull - made in Canada guitars and they sounded great.  The possible downside being they easily showed scratches.  My last built CBG has a cedar top and it yields nice tone and big volume.

Comment by Dave Lynas on May 18, 2019 at 3:58am

Great job of engineering Bruce. I love cedar for lightness and tone.

Comment by Uncle John on May 18, 2019 at 1:19am

Great  and clean looking guitar.  Nice body shape and rollers.  Nice tone too!

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