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I know that in todays guitar world it is all about the forward shifted bracing. If this bracing is so great and superior to traditional bracing why did it take so long to develop? I can't imagine that people are just now moving bracing around so why has there been such a paradigm shift to forward shifted bracing? I tend to think it is more of a marketing ploy to charge higher prices for the "Premium Models" it costs no more to shift the braces so if it sounded better why didn't they do it sooner and why do they charge so much more for guitars with this bracing? Any thought from you guys, especially the luthiers? Yes I know it sounds a little different but I think people have largely been bamboozled into believing this is a monumental improvement.