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Being a former builder of 'standard construction' acoustic guitars, I've always felt that in order to build a great sounding 'X' brace acoustic, the soundboard bracing had to be light enough to move a lot of air.
However, it was destined to slowly implode due to the enormous string pull on the center of the soundboard (not to mention the fingerboard past the body caving in the upper soundboard.)
The inevitable result over time is a 'bellied' lower soundboard resulting in high string action and poor intonation.
This can be only addressed with lowering the saddle height, or resetting the guitar's neck.
As we all know lowering the saddle height adversely affects tone and volume.
As for resetting the neck... well, you know.
Years ago I started working on a totally new acoustic concept that relieves the enormous stresses that are detrimental to an acoustic guitar's longevity and tone. To me, the top three shortfall issues with modern 'standard' flat top acoustic guitar construction are:
- Sonic purity
- Intonation
- String Height Action
| Lateral Compression Soundboard |
| Torque Reducing Split Bridge |
| Continually Adjustable Neck |
