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Originally Posted by Mark Lew

Hey, Rod! I was down at Acoustic Vibes about 2 weeks ago, and it was just Bernie and me in the shop, and he brings out the Martin with the Tonewood amp on it and asks "have you seen this yet?" I had not, so he proceeds to demo it for me. It was pretty fun, with several different effects possible. My wheels start turning, and I'm thinking that this would be a nice fit for my 714ce, but I wanted to do a bit more research on it first. He told me that a lot of the development of the Tonewood was done by local folks in the area here. Judging by the size of the external unit, I would say that it would be no problem on a GC. When I played it, the amp did not seem to get in my way at all. The internal X-brace would be an easy fit in a GC as well, from what I saw that day. Will the novelty wear off? That's a good question. It could, but I think it's a pretty solid product worth trying out. You know, you can get a couple of those internal X-braces and then use it on ANY of your guitars!

You don't need more than one X-brace unless you're playing more than one guitar at a time with a Tonewood. You don't install it permanently. I just put it in the sound hole and remove it each use. I can put it any of my guitars.