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Old 10-13-2014, 11:05 PM
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Originally Posted by Martin Keith View Post
I agree with Howard that there is minimal (if any) tonal effect - most guitars have a heavy brace up there, which IMO acts as a pretty effetive boundary that isolates the neck block area from being particularly active.

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Martin
This is what I've come to believe from reading I've done. The large transverse(?) brace that stretches across the entire top, just above the sound hole on a flattop guitar, creates a boundary which effectively stops the area above it from vibrating. So a fingerboard extension glued directly to the guitar's top in that area should not be a negative as far as tonal characteristics are concerned.
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