Jeremie Geffroy Radial bracing 2025 – France

Jérémie Geffroy has been producing guitars of exceptional quality for many years now. After his Nomex double tops, we’re now discovering guitars with a ‘Simon Marty’-style radial bracing.

A look back at guitars with radial bracing. The inventors of the radial bracing guitar concept are well-known Australian luthiers Simon Marty and Robin Moyes. More than just a bracing system, it’s a manufacturing concept whose aim is to use a star-shaped bracing system around the bridge to produce a thick, crystalline sound with a traditional colour far removed from the sound of double tops and lattice tops. Generally speaking, the tops are thicker, the star-shaped bracing in balsa or wood is enhanced with a little carbon, the backs and sides are reinforced to concentrate the effects of the vibration on the top and the bridge is sculpted to make it as light as possible. Luthiers who follow this school include Simon Marty, Robin Moyes in Australia, Hiroyasu Asakura in Japan and Jérémie Geffroy in France.