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Precision-shaped spruce

Shaped Dreadnought Brace Sets


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Quartersawn spruce braces with bottom curvature for a Dreadnought guitar. Accurately shaped and sanded by machine to save you hours of work.

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Shaped Dreadnought Brace Sets
 
  Item# Description In stock Price Quantity
4634 Complete top and back sets SAVE $5.00 Yes
$39.95
3 or more $34.95  

4632 Soundboard braces Yes
$24.47
3 or more $21.98  

4633 Back braces Yes
$20.48
3 or more $18.43  


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The soundboard braces are accurately shaped to a 28-foot radius. Click for larger photos and you'll see the subtle curves and tapers are already there. The back brace set has a 20-foot radius and includes five flat cross-grain spruce center strips.

For fast, efficient clamping when gluing and shaping braces, use our Go-bar Clamping System radiused dishes.

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Shaped Dreadnought Brace Sets
Shaped Dreadnought Brace Sets
 
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5 8-07-2011
Shaped braces sets

I received my order within 3 days of ordering. Excellent. The braces were perfectly shaped. It is bit costly due to the exchange rate and the shipping, but I used the set as a mould to shape and carve my own sets using the spruce brace block also from Stwewmac, especially the bottom curvature that could be tricky. Thanks

Topan

Topan  Malaysia
5 6-23-2011
Back Braces for Acoustic Dreadnought

I have to tell you, I was pleasantly surprised how nice these braces were. I was expecting to have to do a lot of refining work, but ended up doing only a little. What a time saver .... it has my vote!
Thanks .... JC

Silverstrings  Bogart, GA Read my reviews (4)
4 3-25-2011
Soundboard braces

Thank you Stew-mac for your great service and quality guitar parts the back braces are first class and time saving a wonderful product. The only small thing i would like to see improved is the top braces the X- brace cross over would be perfect if left flat to get a nice tight joint but apart from that they are great value for money i hope Stew-mac are always around you are the best.
Best wishes
Philip.

Philip murphy  Northern Ireland
4 1-06-2011
Great product

A really great timesaver but like Capu, I would like to see the x-braces squared at the intersection. I would still use them though.

Gerry A.  Australia Read my reviews (4)
4 11-26-2010
Top Braces

Got them in the mail today and look nice. Appear perfectly scalloped and shaped, clean cut and smooth, ready to stiffen up my new top next week. Can't wait to see how she sounds after the fact.

Bryan D. Cozort  Olmsted Falls, OH Read my reviews (4)
5 11-07-2010
Braces

For such a small extra cost these are a real time saver. Highly recommended.

JKeating  UK
5 10-10-2010
A Real Timesver

These will work great on any traditional acoustic, parlour size through dreadnought. Thickness sand and refine the shape as you please. Great for the intermediate builder that has better things to do than machine and carve braces.

Mason R.  Alaska Read my reviews (6)
4 7-30-2010
Perfectly shaped

I bought this set just to test the quality. They are perfectly shaped, the only thing I disliked is the shape where the x-braces cross: I prefer them squared in order to have a perfect fit with no gap but in this case, due to the fact they are rounded, the joint is not perfect

Capu  Switzerland Read my reviews (40)
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