Question about braces

[Eric Rene Roy]

Originally Posted by Thomas Erickson

...it certainly isn't being driven anything like the way a top plate is, so comparing the two doesn't make sense even with a carved back...

Again...same as Matt...I am not comparing it to a top plate at all. Is this assumption because I sited Chladni pattern studies?

I guess I am greedy and I want it all. I want a back that is as resonant as possible while providing enough strength to support and work with the top. Both plates are different and perform differently...I am not saying at all that they are the same.

It just never made sense to me to have a canted back, other than to gain playability (which I believe can be done other ways). I like to approach the bass like it's a giant cello...if I reduce my thoughts on this subject to the simplest comparison.