The Tacoma Guitars C1C Chief bracing is a totally unique design. The Chief has an incredibly powerful, distinct tone and dynamics that respond to the lightest stroke or the hardest strum. Here's why it works.

Tacoma Guitars braces are triangular in shape because they have equal strength to a rounded brace with less mass. Lower mass allows the top to vibrate more freely and increases the guitar's response.

The Bass side and Treble side primary support braces differ in length and angle to optimize the top's resonant frequency. This allows precise and very consistent balance from note to note.

Our "Tone Shaped" bridge is wide and flat on the bass side and narrow and peaked on the treble side. 

A Luthier's rule of thumb is that low, wide braces are best for bass frequencies and tall, thin braces are best for treble frequencies. We've applied this thinking to our bridge and it works.

Our solid Maple bridge plate is asymmetrical and placed diagonally to enhance the dispersion patterns of our bridge design. Our matched bridge and bridge plate configuration balances the bass and treble remarkably and produces sustain unmatched by other systems.

There are no sharp corners on the front edge of the bridge to concentrate stress on the top. Less stress = Longer life.

The soundhole is placed in a low vibration area. This way the hole does not hinder sound and the area that would normally be just a vent in the top is now contributing to the tone and volume of the guitar.

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