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Fred Carlson Dreadnautilus bracing
Posted: Fri Sep 12, 2014 11:23 am
by Dave Bagwill
If you just look at the black lines I've drawn, the bracing system does make sense. BTW the bridge is pinless.
He claims that adding the red line braces made a HUGE difference in sound and volume. This is actually pretty tame for him!
Re: Fred Carlson Dreadnautilus bracing
Posted: Fri Sep 12, 2014 12:52 pm
by Dave Bagwill
Well this looks like he dropped a bunch of sticks, but actually there was a method to this madness. No I will not be trying this. Maybe Herman will?
Re: Fred Carlson Dreadnautilus bracing
Posted: Fri Sep 12, 2014 2:22 pm
by Kevin in California
Oh I'm all over that bracing...........NOT! It does remind me of when I was a kid playing pic up sticks. :)
Kevin
Re: Fred Carlson Dreadnautilus bracing
Posted: Fri Sep 12, 2014 2:29 pm
by Dave Bagwill
That's right, a fun game! But when bracing gets to 3 count 'em 3 layers, I'm outta my league entirely.
Re: Fred Carlson Dreadnautilus bracing
Posted: Fri Sep 12, 2014 11:10 pm
by John Parchem
sort of kasha like bracing.
I know Kasha had a method for working out each brace. I wonder what Fred's guiding principles are as he is placing the braces. Do his instruments sound good?
Re: Fred Carlson Dreadnautilus bracing
Posted: Fri Sep 12, 2014 11:13 pm
by Dave Bagwill
Never heard anything bad about them - he builds a lot of instruments and I've heard he is a very good luthier.
I was trying to figure out what the bracing on a Ruan - a circular moon-shaped instrument - would be like, so googling led me to this roundish instrument of Fred's - the one at the top of this post - and I can see the sense of it.