When ballasted down, it could accommodate craft up to 7ft draught. Its tonnage was 1000 tons gross & 400 net. The seaplane docking lighter is not a floating dock in the conventional configuration but is ship shaped with a short forecastle, bridge type accommodation structure and a long low well deck which allowed the aircraft wings clearance - it was a non-powered dumb vessel. Looking through "The Royal Navy in Focus 1920-29" published by Maritime Books there was a photo of a “Seaplane Docking Lighter" 1928 with the caption making the comment that she flies the RAF ensign and reminding that the Admiralty didn’t gain control of the FAA until 1937. In the archtop guitar world the X-bracing seems to be well regarded.Īfter trying several instruments I can only say that both is great, when it's a great instrument.From a posting on the World naval Ships Forum X-bracing should sound more played in immediately, but not develop any more.(?)Ī builder of arch top guitars told me that a X makes for a warmer acoustic tone and therefore many guitars are build with an X. And nobody can tell if and in what span of time such an instrument will develop, apart from the initial playing in phase. It is said that tonebars are developing more with age and allow for a wider tonal range over the years. On the other hand many people seem to love their old X-braced Flatirons. Many people seem to prefer tone bars these days and I don't know exactly why. May be it's better to think about the bracing system after playing the instrument. Yes, there are newer mandos with x-bracing: Flatbush, Duff, many Webers, Peter Coombe, Gilchrists, Lawrence Smart (I believe)
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