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One of the many design decisions that required thinking in this project is body depth. This flattop having a carved, arched back without ladder bracing will have additional body volume. Typically, in a 15", 14-fret flattop body design Bruce creates a tapered body with rims from 3-1/4" at the neck block to 4-1/16" at the end block. For this guitar, Bruce has intentionally reduced the rim depth by 7/32" to 3-1/32" to 3-27/32" to adjust for the additional volume created by the non-braced arched back. The design of the carved back itself will be interesting. Not only will it effect the internal volume, but the curvature and thickness of the arch and recurve will effect its stiffness and reflective characteristics.