On Tuesday, June 25, 1996 at 2:00:00 AM UTC-5, David M. Parry wrote:
Any luthiers out there who've hear of Andy Adams and his compensator
bracing system? I heard that there is an expired patent on this system
which turns the back of the guitar into a soundboard. Any info would be appreciated.
I was a friend of Andy's. His guitars were unbelievably bright and crisp. I never heard a guitar sound anywhere near as good.
He had a couple of thin struts from the sound hole to the sides to replace the sound post. I think he also had a reinforcing ring around the sound hole to hold the struts.
I seem to remember that Niel Young has one of his guitars. The sound quality was amazing.
He took his idea to Martin and was told if they wanted to build it they would simply wait out his patent. This is what Andy told me.
Everything Andy made was the best he could make it.
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