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Originally Posted by vindibona1
Every company has its "secret sauce". They develop their signature sounds and then seek ways to reproduce it with elements within their designs. If you haven't noticed, Martin seems to be changing their secret sauce with forward shifted bracing, wider nut widths. I maintain that the sound paradigm that we players expect has shifted and they're now looking for a new Martin sound that will remain relevant.
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I'm not sure I would call the changes a paradigm shift as much cashing in on one aspect of their more popular or sought after designs.
Forward shifting braces has been around for a while on some Martin guitars. From what I understand changes were made many years ago to adjust for higher tension strings. So they are going back to the "Old Days"
Not a Martin expert so I could be wrong.