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IntroductionAbout This Course
Australian luthier, Trevor Gore, invented the falcate bracing system for classical and acoustic guitars. Many luthiers around the world are now using this bracing system to improve the tonal properties of their instruments and make them more responsive. Until now, you had to study Trevor’s books to understand how to use this bracing system. Now you can see Trevor explain every step of the process in great detail from design to attaching the top and back to the sides of the instrument, measuring and tuning the resonant frequencies of the box, top and back.
Many of the techniques used in this course can be applied to traditional bracing systems as well. The section about target frequencies and how to measure and achieve them is extremely useful. The course comes with a downloadable chart of target frequencies for a variety of guitar sizes and models.
Learn about:
- How the falcate bracing came about
- Milling, bending and laminating the falcate braces
- How to determine top and back thicknesses
- Brace layout and bridge patch positioning
- Types of carbon fiber and which one to use
- Types of epoxy used in falcate bracing
- Gluing braces to the soundboard
- Soundhole reinforcement
- Shaping the braces
- Live and non live backs and how to achieve them.
- Tuning the back
- Capturing the resonant frequencies
I’ve been waiting with bated breath for the release of this course, and jumped on it as soon as you sent the email out. Ian
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×This course is so much more than Falcate bracing. Trevor demonstrates how to: - use Carbon fiber in top construction - construct falcate braces - construct and tune a Live Back - Tune a constructed body to frequency specs Elaine
Trevor’s Online Videos. I love these things! Elaine
I found Trevor’s new course to be outstanding. With his two courses and his books, everything has started making sense to me about his process and using CF in the building process. Elaine
I have been building Falcate braced guitars now for 3 years using the 2 volume text book set which has been very helpful. I recently purchased the video series on Falcate bracing and have found it to be an excellent addition to the books. I picked up some great “pearls” which will be very helpful in future builds. I would encourage any builder who has the texts to also purchase the videos. Thanks for making the videos. Terry in Canada
I have done a couple of falcate bracings, and the results were wonderful. Pedro in Brazil
Do it, money well spent. Paul
As with all your courses. Best bang for the buck even if it were 5 times the price. Anthony
Wow, this is helpful! I already have the Design / Build Books and previously, I have made three Falcate braced guitars. However, having the video course instructions has significantly helped to better understand the correct construction methods and improve my guitar building skills. The video course is excellent value for money and demonstrates the best practical ways to build a Falcate braced guitar. Wayne in Australia
I've found the two books to be absolutely helpful. I took Trevor's in-person course this summer and it was great, but the combination of the books and the two on-line courses offered through the Academy are really the way to go if you want to sort this stuff out. Ian in Canada
I’ve been waiting with bated breath for the release of this course, and jumped on it as soon as you sent the email out. Ian
Watched a bunch of the course. It was very informative on how he addressed some of the harder build steps. The is a great addition to his build book. John
This is a great course. Not only does Trevor show in all details how to make, apply and shape the falcate braces, but you get a lot of other info along the way, like thicknessing the top and back with the help of measuring the long grain, cross grain and "twist" Young's modulus as well as the density of the wood. It's apparent that Trevor has done this plenty of times - and there is no better source for this out there as he is the original inventor and master of falcate bracing! Highly recommended - and thanks to Robbie for making it available! Florian in Austria