Ibanez new bracing

[Iain1231]

https://www.ibanez.com/asia/products...100_1p_01.html




Do you think it looks familiar? Like an X and V combined. Wonder how will it sound like?

[Jwills57]

As someone with seemingly too much time on my hands over the years, I've followed the guitar "bracing game" with some interest. As far as I can discern, there really is almost no bracing scheme that hasn't been tried in one form or another. Whatever can be imagined has probably been tried. It's probably a lot more important how the bracing scheme is executed--the care and precision--than the actual structure. Having said that, there's a reason the tried and true Martin version has persisted throughout the years and been adopted by nearly all companies making Martin-style guitars, from dreadnoughts to OMs to smaller-bodied instruments, and that reason is because it works really well.

[Iain1231]

Originally Posted by Jwills57

As someone with seemingly too much time on my hands over the years, I've followed the guitar "bracing game" with some interest. As far as I can discern, there really is almost no bracing scheme that hasn't been tried in one form or another. Whatever can be imagined has probably been tried. It's probably a lot more important how the bracing scheme is executed--the care and precision--than the actual structure. Having said that, there's a reason the tried and true Martin version has persisted throughout the years and been adopted by nearly all companies making Martin-style guitars, from dreadnoughts to OMs to smaller-bodied instruments, and that reason is because it works really well.

Taylor started the industry down a slippery slope. Think each manufacturer will be coming out with their own proprietary bracing

[BlueBowman]

Reminds me of Edwinson bracing a bit. Also, last year when I visited Gallagher, they were experimenting with a similar bracing pattern.

I’ll look forward to trying one of these Ibanez guitars out.

[random works]

looks like the area between the bridge and back of the guitar is supported very well.

You can bet the prototypes have been played for hours and hours.

[fazool]

I've become quite a fan of Ibanez acoustics. For my personal tastes, they offer the best in the low-priced range.

This does look a lit like Andy Powers' V-Class bracing concept.

If anything, I think the copying might validate that idea, which was questioned.


On the other hand, I agree that by trial-and-error we already landed on the most accepted bracing strategy, soooooo not sure we need something new.

[SaintClarence27]

Originally Posted by Jwills57

As someone with seemingly too much time on my hands over the years, I've followed the guitar "bracing game" with some interest. As far as I can discern, there really is almost no bracing scheme that hasn't been tried in one form or another. Whatever can be imagined has probably been tried. It's probably a lot more important how the bracing scheme is executed--the care and precision--than the actual structure. Having said that, there's a reason the tried and true Martin version has persisted throughout the years and been adopted by nearly all companies making Martin-style guitars, from dreadnoughts to OMs to smaller-bodied instruments, and that reason is because it works really well.

I'm going to try circular bracing!

[Iain1231]

Originally Posted by fazool

I've become quite a fan of Ibanez acoustics. For my personal tastes, they offer the best in the low-priced range.

This does look a lit like Andy Powers' V-Class bracing concept.

If anything, I think the copying might validate that idea, which was questioned.


On the other hand, I agree that by trial-and-error we already landed on the most accepted bracing strategy, soooooo not sure we need something new.

I see a lawsuit approaching

[martingitdave]

It looks like a lot of wood. :-) One unrelated bracing note. In 2024 Martin came out with bracing that has holes in it. I was playing an inexpensive modern looking Walden guitar recently. It came out in 2020. It sounded wonderful. Turns out they had released bracing with holes in it first! I intend to go buy the guitar when I have a chance.

[kurth]

that's a cool Ibanez guitar. Love the soundport design. 400bucks. only wish they had a nat top model.