Perfect Tommy Posted January 15, 2004 Report Share Posted January 15, 2004 Has anyone out there made an acoustic bass??? Would like to find out the following ... Top thickness and bracing thickness. Thanks... Perfect Tommy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
moojiefulagin Posted January 16, 2004 Report Share Posted January 16, 2004 Hi! If you're experienced, go ahead and ignore me, but if you're feeling unsure, you might want to try a semihollowbody. The advantage of that is you can carve out the inside of a solid piece of wood rather than having to worry about bracing. You can just leave a thin border around the edges, and a center block of wood running the length of the body right down the middle, similar to a neck thru. Then you just glue on the top. In my opinion they are easier to make, and I prefer the style because it's light and cool like a hollowbody but shares some of the tonal qualities of a solid body. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lex Luthier Posted January 22, 2004 Report Share Posted January 22, 2004 I have never built an acoustic bass, but with my experience in working with acoustics, in particular bracing them, a would say go in a similar route as you would brace a 12-string guitar. They have bracing on the soundboard about 1.5X the dimensioning as a regular 6-string acoustic, not so much bigger with the bracing on the back, not sure about the soundboard thickness though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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