All Wood Lattice Guitar

The lattice braced guitar has always been a subject of debate among musicians yet it has endured for over 30 years.

All wood lattice guitar.

Lattice bracing has been used on classical guitar soundboards for a number of years. Now that the neck and sides are built it is time to start making the soundboard. My customer has chosen to use a western red cedar top with lattice bracing. I really like that guitar and it inspired me to try an all wood lattice version of my own.

Double top guitars have a shorter history. This bracing contains no carbon fibre balsa wood and epoxy glue because it is made entirely from pure old european spruce. After completing 5 i feel that i ve made some of my best guitars to date and will continue to use this system instead of the radial bracing pattern i ve used for the past 8 years. Three decades ago australian greg smallman irreversibly changed the design of classical guitar bracing by introducing a system of overlapping struts all joined together using a combination of carbon fibre and balsa wood in a lattice framework joined to a top that is much thinner than tops using the conventional torres bracing.

More luthiers are finding ways to refine the lattice braced guitar so that its sound will appeal to more players. Calido soloist dt cedar double top classical guitar lattice braced all solid wood indian rosewood back sides ebony fretboard. I m very reluctant to get into double tops or the smallman type of lattice construction or to go back to the much simpler all wood lattice designs that i toyed with years ago. There are a lot of different configurations for the braces as.

Ideal for intermediate players. If you prefer cedar there is a cedar version available of this model. Possessing even stronger fundamental tones greater sustain evenness and projection than byers previous concert guitars greg byers innovative double fan all wood lattice braced guitars represent a further refinement to his classically beautiful traditional musical sound. Possessing even stronger fundamental tones greater sustain evenness and projection than his previous concert guitars greg byers innovative double fan all wood lattice braced guitars represent a further refinement to his classically beautiful traditional musical sound.

I will always continue to build the very traditional guitars that i m building now i love this kind of guitar too much. See more budget classical guitars for under 500.