mayrluthier
New member
Hi!
I'm rather new to the trade, building a Uke for the first time, after having built a couple of guitars.
I'm currently working on a tenor build with a large body (baritone-like).
Tenor scale length, low-G tuning (a wound guitar 4th string will be used), cedar top, dark walnut back & sides. Di Mauro chorus-style F-holes. A beaut.
I recently finished the form for this build.
Body is 13" long, waist is a tad over 6" wide, lower bout goes around 10" wide.
I'm currently thinking of 1/2" tall and 1/4" wide for the braces to start with, plus 1/4" (tall & wide) for 3 struts in a fan array on the lower bout.
In your experience, and considering a 0.12"-thick cedar top, would these dimensions be too weak for the additional low-G force?
I'm rather new to the trade, building a Uke for the first time, after having built a couple of guitars.
I'm currently working on a tenor build with a large body (baritone-like).
Tenor scale length, low-G tuning (a wound guitar 4th string will be used), cedar top, dark walnut back & sides. Di Mauro chorus-style F-holes. A beaut.
I recently finished the form for this build.
Body is 13" long, waist is a tad over 6" wide, lower bout goes around 10" wide.
I'm currently thinking of 1/2" tall and 1/4" wide for the braces to start with, plus 1/4" (tall & wide) for 3 struts in a fan array on the lower bout.
In your experience, and considering a 0.12"-thick cedar top, would these dimensions be too weak for the additional low-G force?