http://www.bwbass.com/big-red-progress-update/ Custom Electric and Acoustic Bass Guitars by Brian Goode Sat, 17 Oct 2009 19:20:07 -0400 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 http://www.bwbass.com/big-red-progress-update/comment-page-1/#comment-42 Brian Goode Thu, 10 Aug 2006 01:15:24 +0000 http://www.bwbass.com/2006/07/23/big-red-progress-update/#comment-42 This weekend I got the load-testing frame done and a test bridge made so I can evaluate the bracing under real-world stresses. I also conducted a sussessful test of yet another bracing design, this one with a lower-density epoxy mixture and aluminum honeycomb with carbon fiber skins on both sides. This turns out to be much lighter, stiffer, and more stable than the HPL-honeycomb-CF sandwich. This weekend I got the load-testing frame done and a test bridge made so I can evaluate the bracing under real-world stresses. I also conducted a sussessful test of yet another bracing design, this one with a lower-density epoxy mixture and aluminum honeycomb with carbon fiber skins on both sides. This turns out to be much lighter, stiffer, and more stable than the HPL-honeycomb-CF sandwich.

]]>