Custom Acoustic Guitar: Is Cutaway Guitar Better?

Whether You Should Custom Guitar with Cutaway Body?

The quick answer to this question is yes. Because cutaway design can easily make an attractive appearance. And that will attract more young players who we believe that are the main clients of your music store.

But to make sure the suggestion is correct; we need to go further. Because there are questions about the quality of cutaway acoustic guitars. Thus, it is necessary to go further to illustrate more detailed information to make sure your custom guitar order will not go to a wrong direction.

We have heard that someone said that cutaway body diminishes the tonal output of the guitar. And someone said cutaway body is easier to be broken than non-cutaway body. Are they true?

If cutaway has so many disadvantages, why many players of acoustic guitars love the type so much? We are sure there are advantages of cutaway acoustic guitar.

Through the answers we may figure out if custom cutaway guitar body is a right decision.

Cutaway Guitar Body Influences Tonal Output, Really?

We are frequently asked about if cutaway body will affect the sound of acoustic guitar. Actually, people want to ask how much a cutaway will diminish the tonal output of a guitar.

Firstly, when we go to a store or a concert and seeing players performing with cutaway acoustic guitars, and compare with non-cutaway guitars, it is hard to tell an identical difference between the two types.

So, can we say cutaway acoustic guitar body design won’t affect the sound? The answer is not as simple as yes or no. Because there are various elements that affect the sound.

We all know that the designation of acoustic guitar body contributes to the tonal performance of guitar (once you are interested, visit Acoustic Guitar Body for more). Besides, tonewood used on the guitar also greatly contributes to the sound. The wood used on neck, top, back and side, etc., together will determine the level of resonance. Even the material of nut, saddle, etc., will affect the sound, too. Therefore, the sound quality is determined by various elements.

Hereby, once you want to custom guitar with cutaway body, the elements of guitar building must be closely paid attention.

Cutaway Body is More Fragile?

Many said that cutaway body is more fragile than non-cutaway. Well, this is questioned may be by those who really don’t like cutaway acoustic guitar so much. The reasons are various, but we actually don’t know why.

As talked with so many people, we found that the concern is on the firmness of neck joint and solidness of top, etc. But the evidence of those faults can hardly be presented.

For neck joint, the difference of neck joint between cutaway and non-cutaway is too tiny to be noticed. The tightness of the joint depends on the material and precision of cutting. What need to be considered is bracing system inside the body (for types of bracing, visit Guitar Brace). The bracing system greatly influences the tonal performance and support to the top.

However, if the cutaway is more fragile is based on the material and building technology in general.

Custom Acoustic Guitar with Cutaway Body?

If cutaway guitar is a good choice, we think it is better to consider one thing: what style the guitar will play. For finger style, cutaway is a better choice in our opinion.

For designers, wholesalers, retailers and factories, etc., we custom guitar with cutaway body design mainly according to the original designation and specific requirement. But sometimes, we will also suggest our ideas to correct the errors in the design. However, what we found is that cutaway body is more flexible in shape design, appearance, etc. And brings more sells to our clients. Especially, for acoustic electric type guitars.

Please note that when we are talking about cutaway body, we only mean the body of acoustic guitar or folk guitar. For classical guitar, we don’t recommend though we have been asked to custom classical guitars with cutaway bodies for many times.

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