Finally starting to brace my first build

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Kevin Sjostrand
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Re: Finally starting to brace my first build

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oH OH Neil, it's not too late, you can cut that puppy off!!

Kevin
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kencierp

Re: Finally starting to brace my first build

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Dave,
Try a search of Rick Turner I recall when he was a regular contributor to frets.com a few articles and gadgets he published showing tension/torsion effects and counter measures he devised -- if memory serves I took it all with a grain of salt.
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Re: Finally starting to brace my first build

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It was the addition of the Popsicle brace that they hoped to control this splitting after thinning the neck block . Also they changed the traverse brace from 3/8 by 3/4 to 1/2 by 5/8 . Not all changes were for the better .
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deadedith

Re: Finally starting to brace my first build

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I'll look it up from Rick Turner, but I've got to believe that what is commonly accepted at this time is probably the best overall approach and that is what I will do.
Thanks for the input.
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