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Guitar Repair #113 - Loose Bracing /Shellac Soundboard & Back - Paulino Bernabé Especial - Classical

Guitar issues:-
Back brace rattles
French polish for top n back (mould patches on back)

Guitar sound description:-
Box resonance at C.

Basses thumpy, not as singing as the trebles. Bass/trebles very balanced.

Bracing:-
Back only 2 traverse braces! No wonder the back seem very loose, not tight as others
Top has got 3 straight braces with two symmetrical slanted fans on both sides for a 5 symmetrical fan bracing. Simple design but a grand sound.

Top - 4-piece spruce