All Wood Lattice Guitar

I really like that guitar and it inspired me to try an all wood lattice version of my own.

All wood lattice guitar.

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. Calido soloist dt cedar double top classical guitar lattice braced all solid wood indian rosewood back sides ebony fretboard. This budget classical guitar features the all important always included truss rod to allow for tension adjustment. This bracing contains no carbon fibre balsa wood and epoxy glue because it is made entirely from pure old european spruce.

Lattice bracing has been used on classical guitar soundboards for a number of years. By viktor fogas luthier guitar maker this is my most successful guitar model called modelo formentor built with a self designed all wooden harmonic lattice bracing introduced in 2014. 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. Ideal for intermediate players.

My customer has chosen to use a western red cedar top with lattice bracing. The lattice braced guitar has always been a subject of debate among musicians yet it has endured for over 30 years. 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. All solid wood.

I will always continue to build the very traditional guitars that i m building now i love this kind of guitar too much. More luthiers are finding ways to refine the lattice braced guitar so that its sound will appeal to more players. 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.

If you prefer cedar there is a cedar version available of this model. Double top guitars have a shorter history.