Bracing pattern

Hi, I’m just starting to build a Matrin “0" I guess it’s a Parlor guitar.
I need a photo or drawing of the bracing pattern. There seems to more on the “OO” & “OOO’s” but not much on the little guy. Can any one point me in the right dirrection.

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Permalink Reply by Ned Knepp on March 13, 2009 at 3:59pm

Robert,
I found a picture that may help a bit here;
http://www.freilicherguitars.com/028rest.html

I know it's not what you want but it gives a pretty good look at the pattern, which, btw, looks an awful lot like the bracing pattern on the GAL plans pages for a 1918 Martin style 1 found here;
https://www.luth.org/plans/archtop.htm#plan8

This plan may be of help to you even if the size is a bit wrong. While on the GAL site, I noticed that there is a set of plans for a "Mid-19th Century" Martin that is fan braced. The scale length is 23.875 so it may be in the neighborhood too.

I have to ask; What are you working to as a plan if you don't already have bracing patterns figured out?

Ned

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Permalink Reply by Robert Freemond on March 13, 2009 at 5:49pm

Thanks Ned, The plan from GAL looks great & will probably do it. I built one last year from a Martin kit provided by John Hall that he customized for me, He had drawn the pattern on the top & I just glued away not thinking to make a copy.
As you can tell I’m a novice, Though I’m am learning daily. Although the more I learn the spookier it gets. Now I’ll need to
find out just where to stop & start the scollop’s.
I will probably order the plan though I’ll be doing some thumb twiddling till it gets here. I sure do appreciate your help. Maybe one day
I can “Pay it forward”