What's the deal with tentallones?

Wood choice logic, brace shapes, braces patterns -- what and why for the "heart of the guitar"
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Dave Bagwill
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What's the deal with tentallones?

Post by Dave Bagwill » Sun Jun 03, 2012 12:32 am

I think Brian on this Forum mentioned that he uses tentallones to join the top to the rim. and I've seen it done on youtube, but noone has explained to me the 'why' of it.

Is it for traditional reasons/structural reasons or what?

For those of you that do it, what is your method?
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ken cierp
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Re: What's the deal with tentallones?

Post by ken cierp » Mon Jun 04, 2012 9:28 am

No advantage over standard kerfing -- a disadvantage over reverse rounded kerfing -- just an old "fangled" way of doing it. Sides bent on a pipe tentallones glued along the profile drawn on the sound board then the side is glued to the triangles and SB. -- No mold is used.

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Re: What's the deal with tentallones?

Post by Tim Benware » Mon Jun 04, 2012 11:12 am

I tried ten tall ones once before and was hungover for the whole weekend:)
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Dave Bagwill
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Re: What's the deal with tentallones?

Post by Dave Bagwill » Mon Jun 04, 2012 11:33 am

Ha!

Ken - thanks for the info, another temptation avoided!
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