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Originally Posted by Acousticado
I’m referring to the circled scooped area. Also attached is the scoop and soundport that Taylor did on the 816. You could try creating a small soundport and increase the size to remove more weight of the tone/volume doesn’t change much.
And you could also try creating a version of the Ryan flute soundport. He does them on a bevel, but you could do them in the top of the lower bout. You could even cut some on the bottom of the lower bout. Heck, you can keep removing weight from the body by drilling more ports where it might make sense, while assessing tone/volume changes as you go and stop if/when you feel you’ve gone far enough. The biggest weight loss will probably come from losing body mass.
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Thanks so much for that Tom. Great ideas, however the neck is the problem now. The body is feeling quite light, but the neck is very heavy. Unfortunately I don't think there is much more I can do about it.
Just to satisfy my curiosity, I'm going to contact Journey and ask them how much lighter their timber neck is.