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by Tommaso Poggi
Sun May 01, 2022 10:58 am
Forum: Archtop Guitars and Bass Guitars
Topic: How do you get a smooth finish on spruce?
Replies: 2
Views: 6943

How do you get a smooth finish on spruce?

I always have some trouble with this, i can get a nice lump and bump free surface with scrapers, but they cut the winter growth more than the summer one and i end up with that violin like texture, which can look good wit some finishes but doesn't allow me to get a super shiny one. if i try to go bac...
by Tommaso Poggi
Mon Jan 24, 2022 1:33 pm
Forum: Archtop Guitars and Bass Guitars
Topic: thickness of a top with set pickup
Replies: 0
Views: 20664

thickness of a top with set pickup

I'm building a new guitar and this one will have a set humbucker/mini humbucker (i'm still not sure which one). How thick should the top be around the pickup cavity? is it different for x or parallel bracing? the top is italian spruce. i'd like to use the x but i'm a bit afraid of weakening it with ...
by Tommaso Poggi
Mon May 10, 2021 5:43 am
Forum: Archtop Guitars and Bass Guitars
Topic: Floating pickup without pickguard
Replies: 1
Views: 10372

Floating pickup without pickguard

I found that the pickguard absorbs a huge ammount of sound. if you think about it it's a huge wooden tongue that picks up vibration and dissipates it. it might be helpful to fix it with one of those brackets but if it's smaller, which i like, the bracket should be really long and ugly. i'd like to u...
by Tommaso Poggi
Mon May 10, 2021 5:05 am
Forum: Archtop Guitars and Bass Guitars
Topic: Additional transverse bracing in x bracing
Replies: 6
Views: 12341

Additional transverse bracing in x bracing

Benedetto briefly talks about adding transverse bracing to an x bracing to reinforce the structure. I don't get why they should be this much useful in reinforcing since x bracing is already stiffening in that direction but it's weaker along the grain compared to parallel. What i do get is that they ...
by Tommaso Poggi
Sun May 17, 2020 8:20 am
Forum: Archtop Guitars and Bass Guitars
Topic: Bridge height, how low can you go?
Replies: 5
Views: 7449

Re: Bridge height, how low can you go?

Thanks a lot! It seems that i should be fine lowering my neck a bit more then, i myself can't think of too many reasons why a higher bridge should be better if the break angle stays the same, in theory a lower bridge is also lighter. The only thing that comes to mind is that Ken Parker in a conferen...
by Tommaso Poggi
Sat May 16, 2020 9:28 am
Forum: Archtop Guitars and Bass Guitars
Topic: Bridge height, how low can you go?
Replies: 5
Views: 7449

Bridge height, how low can you go?

I need to do the final fitting between the neck and body of my benedetto. If i place a straightedge over the frets i now have a 1" gap at the bridge, but i still have a lot of wood under my neck extension, and it looks a bit weird. I don't know why since i followed the measures from the plans, ...
by Tommaso Poggi
Sat May 02, 2020 8:00 am
Forum: Archtop Guitars and Bass Guitars
Topic: Dome height
Replies: 13
Views: 15392

Re: Dome height

Thanks, i found that to be really interesting, there is a lot of good information on this forum!
by Tommaso Poggi
Fri May 01, 2020 6:17 pm
Forum: Archtop Guitars and Bass Guitars
Topic: Dome height
Replies: 13
Views: 15392

Re: Dome height

Hi Alan, thank you for the reply, i knew some of your work before posting and i really apreciate your research and willingness to share. The plan i have calls for 14,5 mm for the top and 12 for the back, measured from the upper edge of the plates (the 0 of the recurve). Benedetto instead uses 17,5 a...
by Tommaso Poggi
Fri May 01, 2020 12:23 pm
Forum: Archtop Guitars and Bass Guitars
Topic: Dome height
Replies: 13
Views: 15392

Dome height

Hi, i'm currently working on a benedetto 17" and my next project will be a 16", i bought a plan of an old L5 and i'm adding a cutaway and some frets, i will use x bracing and i'm also probably going to use different fholes. I noticed that on this plan the back dome is less tall than the to...

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