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Re: Crossovers?
Posted: Mon Oct 07, 2013 2:17 pm
by Kevin Sjostrand
Ummmmmmmmmmm, I wasn't planning on making it a cutaway. It is for me, and I don't play up that far on the frets, and, I really prefer the un-cutaway look.
Does it matter as to bridge placement?
Kevin
Re: Crossovers?
Posted: Mon Oct 07, 2013 8:21 pm
by johnnparchem
Kevin Sjostrand wrote:Ummmmmmmmmmm, I wasn't planning on making it a cutaway. It is for me, and I don't play up that far on the frets, and, I really prefer the un-cutaway look.
Does it matter as to bridge placement?
Kevin
I actually like the non cutaway look as well. 12 fret vs 14 fret will move the bridge location from the top of the body.
Re: Crossovers?
Posted: Tue Oct 08, 2013 10:44 am
by Kevin Sjostrand
Right, but how does the bridge location affect the sound, or does it?
Kevin
Re: Crossovers?
Posted: Tue Oct 08, 2013 1:51 pm
by johnnparchem
Kevin Sjostrand wrote:Right, but how does the bridge location affect the sound, or does it?
Kevin
Supposedly more bass.
There are a couple ways that it has been done. One is to make the body a little longer to bring the top up to the 12th fret, I suppose that opposite might have been the case where the body was shortened to make an OM. The other is to move the bridge.
For me the reason I like the 12th fret is that all of my classical guitars are 12 fret and I use it to position my left hand when I play up the neck.
Re: Crossovers?
Posted: Wed Oct 09, 2013 1:19 pm
by Darryl Young
I would probably want to get the bridge in the same lower bout position that is normally used on a classical guitar if I were using classical bracing. I think it would make a difference in sound and I'm guessing that has been optimized over the years.
Somogyi discusses bridge placement a little in his book.
Re: Crossovers?
Posted: Sun Jan 12, 2014 12:12 pm
by songman101
Hello Kevin
-First I really like your guitars, that said your question is quite interesting and thanks for bringing it up for discussion Kevin.
I'm
on the side of a 12 fret neck and my reason is the sound seems warmer for Classical musical like Sor, Segovia, John Williams etc. Yet I also feel and I'm not totally sure of this next point .Which is that maybe a 14 fret will have more vibrations and allow for deeper tones and perhaps a stronger high . I've been playing for many years and personally prefer a 12 fret. But I'll always have an open mind on the matter. Maybe John Hall could weigh in on this for us all to get a deeper understanding .
Thanks the new newbie Stephen