Well, I got #8 strung up and took it for a test drive.
I had previously posted that #8 was verrrrry experimental....
I had yet to finish #7, a standard, fwd-x braced 13-fret cutaway, when I started #8, using a bracing pattern that used a double-x brace in place of the regular two tone bars.
I thought if I kept these two braces very light - 5mm x 5mm, the lower bout might resonate more...
The wise responders to my post hypothesized that they thought it might end up sounding "tight"
And they were correct.....
I kept the builds as close as possible to each other in terms of woods and dimensions.
The double-x braced guitar has a much thinner sound than the standard-braced guitar.
Now I know!
Here they are:
The "new" bracing pattern:
