Carving and Tuning New Zealand Kauri Acoustic Bracing

We're making two guitars, one Sitka Spruce with Spruce bracing and one with Engelman Spruce with Kauri Bracing. Today we're carving and shaping both face bracing sets, tuning them and comparing the results. This series is a comparison between making a completely custom New Zealand native timbers 000 and making the Stew Mac Triple-O kit. 00:00 Thicknessing Sitka Face 00:58 Tap Tuning Face 02:15 Transferring Bracing Layout From Plans 03:26 Knotching (and screwing up) Bracing 06:14 Gluing Braces in the Go-Bar deck 11:55 Carving Spruce Braces 14:49 Tapping Braced Sitka Face 15:57 Sanding Kauri Braces 16:22 Gluing Kauri Braces 17:57 Kauri Brace Tuning comparisons