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why am i obsessed with ladder bracing? - Gibson Brands …
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The L00s from the 30s were X braced. The very first L1 flat tops (Robert Johnson) guitar had a style of ladder bracing, but some of the later of this body style were also X braced. The Kalamzoo branded Gibsons are ladder braced. The LG 1, LG0 are also ladder braced guitars built in the 50s and 60s.
Acoustic Soundboard: Ladder-Bracing Revival - Premier …
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Gibson continued to use ladder-bracing in its LG-1 and LG-0 models throughout the ’50s and ’60s, and for many years, well-intended luthiers would replace the ladder-bracing in an LG-1 with X-bracing to make it more like Gibson’s LG-2. Guitarists these days are more likely to appreciate the whining trebles of an unmodified LG-1 and put ...
Vintage Guitars Info - Gibson flattop vintage guitar collecting
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Bracing on a LG-2 - Gibson Acoustic - Gibson Brands …
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The LG-1 was introduced in 1942 as an X-braced, mahogany topped guitar, but it was a short run of about 90 instruments. Thereafter, the LG-1 was a spruce topped, sunburst, ladder braced guitar and the LG-2 was the same but X-braced. After WWII, the LG-3 was introduced as a plain topped version of the LG-2.
Ladder Bracing vs X-Bracing: Hear the Difference | Reverb …
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The X-brace is what we now consider to be the standard top-bracing pattern on flat top guitars. But were you to dig back far enough into the history of acoustic guitar manufacturing, you would come across a period in which the ladder-braced guitar was king. In the 1920s and 1930s, Gibson was struggling to compete with the more modestly-priced ...
Gibson "double X" bracing. - The Unofficial Martin Guitar Forum
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Matt Umanov spoke about the Gibson double-X guitars at a GAL convention in the late 70s. He said that, when they decided to retire the design and were dismantling the line, somebody thought to measure the setting for the sander that thicknessed the tops. It was set at .095"; the blueprint called for .125".
Differences in Bracing patterns??? - Gibson Brands Forums
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The back braces are also very different between a J-45 and an Advanced Jumbo. The four ladder braces are numbered 1-4, starting from top to bottom. While it's true that the J-45 has had and continues to have many variations in back bracing styles, it can be easily be said that the AJ's back bracing is quite massive by comparison to any of them.
Guitar Top Bracing – Dan Loves Guitars
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My first Gibson acoustic had ladder bracing. I associated this with cheap guitars. Some guitarists associate ladder bracing with the sound of early acoustic blues guitar – and those guitarists tended to have inexpensive guitars. X-Bracing. My Martin acoustic has “X” bracing. Two major wood braces run from the lower bout to the upper bout ...
Changing Ladder brace to x-bracing? Concerns or pitfalls
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The change in sound from ladder to X is pretty predictable; very much so if done by an experienced person. As for value, that depends on the owner's purpose. If one intends to play the guitar and prefers the sound of an X braced instrument, then the …
J-45: Top brace experts??? - Gibson Acoustic - Gibson Brands …
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For J-45/Southern Jumbo Gibson web shows: "Scalloped top bracing" for J-45 Standard "1930's Advanced X-Braced top" for certain SJ, Limited J-45, and Signature models.
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