Hello. My name is Nick. I am restoring a old hollow body acoustic guitar. I am looking for some knowledge and advice. She is very old and believed to made between 20s abd 40s. I can’t find any markings on her from her maker. Someone gave her to me and I named Big Boodie Joodie. She has a blues soulful sound already and that’s how I would like her sound. There’s some echoing though. Some questions I have are about bracing. It has two long parallel braces from top to bottom. Pros and cons considering the deep blues tone I’m looking for. Im in the process of sanding down and refurbishing her. I took the back of for repairs is why I’m asking about opinions on bracing. Next question if stain or paint the inside of the body what that will affect sound and how?
I did not post pictures on here but if you are interested in pics just let me know
Advice and any input I would be greatly appreciated.
