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Originally Posted by LouieAtienza
The cutaway shape is reminiscent of the Stephen's Extended Cutaway back in the 80's, designed by Stephen Davies. He actually had an acoustic and electric version, which he licensed at the time to Washburn (and which Washburn still uses on some electrics.) Kind of cool to see it in a one piece CF design. I owned a Washburn EC-29 (yes, 29-fret electric!) which featured the aforementioned cutaway.
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I still have my EC-29 - very rare with red crackle finish and a monkey-grip.
I'm not sure I've ever craved quite that level of upper-fret access on acoustic, but the concept is a very, very effective way of enabling it!
And yes, I would strongly recommend getting as much feedback as you can on that neck profile. It's something really worth spending time to get right - AGF is awash with threads by people who have sold / not bought guitars that they otherwise love, just because of the neck profile. Personally, after tone, it's probably the most important thing on a guitar for me.
Cheers,
David