I recently finished an X braced Annunziata which was inspired by a friend’s O sized Martin from the 1890s. The Martin was made for gut strings, but I wanted to make something lightly braced for light gauge steel strings. I was curious about X bracing one of my existing models and the Annunziata was very similar in size and shape to the old Martin. I also wanted to try a 24 1/4″ scale, rather than the 24 7/8″ scale that […]