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**Once again, it's time for the FNGT!** If you don't know how this works, [click this link](https://fngt.gq/index.php?page=intro). That link will take you to another site to give you some additional information and tell you about some of our off-site features. That's also the site where we will host the weekly guitar threads, should Poal go down. **NOTE:** That site is by invitation only. If you want an invite, and you're a regular participant, then just ask COF, Crazy, or myself. If you do know what's going on, you probably don't need to click that link - but you may want to, to make sure you know of the other features, such as the archive or a separate forum that's invite only. Remember, we are guests here on Poal. Let's act like it. If you're interested in supporting Poal, then [you can donate](https://poal.co/donate).

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[–] • 0 pt

Worst case, you can always put the original back on. So, there's that.

I still need to figure out something to do with the kit guitars I have. It's not like I am ever going to put them together. I have a beautiful wood shop and I don't make a fucking thing in it. I was out there the other day and there's a patina of rust on some of the table surfaces, at like my jointer, table saw, router table, etc... It's not bad, just run some wood through and they'll be fine, but that's how little I use the tools.

I kinda expected myself to use some of my retirement time to work on a couple of acoustic guitar ideas I have. I have done nothing along those lines. I have some unique bracing ideas I want to try.

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In your case it has got to be hard to do a 'someday' project like that unless you specifically schedule time to do it or it really means a lot to you to get it done.

Cause you really are in a position where you can do pretty much anything your heart desires any time you want to.

A guy who only had enough money for the shop and some wood and is in debt after that wont have the money to do anything else so may as well get in there and build what you build.

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Did you use your MIT Math doctorate skills to find a better way to brace acoustic guitar tops? or is it an intuitive thing you devised?

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Yeah, I've got time to do it still. The tools aren't going anywhere. My ideas aren't going anywhere.

And, there's some math and physics involved. Instead of bracing the saddle in the top, why not make it 'float' and actually be braced to the back of the guitar. That'd also pass some resonance back to the back. I'd also like to concave both the back and top.

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I like your idea of bracing the saddle to the back, and that got me imagining bracing it to both the top and the back, but I don't know how that would sound, most likely it would sound like a guitar, but who knows.