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294: 147: 335: 173: 278: 366: 403:, as the reduction in body size resulting from a double cutaway would be detrimental to the sound quality of an acoustic guitar. Double cutaways allow the thumb as well as the fingers to move past the neck-body join. In addition, the strap button on double cutaway guitars is typically positioned on the end of the upper horn, further up the neck than on guitars without a cutaway. This improves the instrument's balance when played with a strap. A double cutaway also facilitates left-handed use of right-handed instruments. 264: 125: 349: 480:
Venetian and Florentine refer to the actual shape of the cutaway: Venetian describes the rounded cutaway and Florentine the sharp, pointed form. The original use of these terms can be traced to early Gibson nomenclature in advertising material and catalogs. ...there isn't any evidence that these
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Instruments with only a lower cutaway are known as "single cutaway" instruments, and guitars with both are called "double cutaway". These terms are sometimes shortened to "single cut" (such as in the model name for a solid-body electric guitar called the "PRS Singlecut", produced by the
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As well as the more common lower cutaway, many instruments have an upper cutaway, sometimes smaller than the lower one, or sometimes about the same size. This is mainly seen on
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In some Gibson guitars, models with two cutaways are abbreviated with a "DC" after the name, such as in the
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Can you explain the origins of the terms Venetian cutaway and Florentine cutaway? —Robert Manzoni /
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Some manufacturers denote instrument models with cutaway using the suffix
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cutaway styles actually came from Venice or Florence. ... —Ian Watchorn
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and probably do not reflect historic instrument-making practices of
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Mottola, R.M. (Fall 2009). "Parametric Models of Guitar Cutaways".
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construction is an indentation in the upper bout of the
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Cutaway bodies are mainly of interest when discussing
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Index

Single cutaway

guitar
guitar body
neck
frets
acoustic guitars
semi-acoustic guitars
solid body
one cutaway
flying V guitar
Gibson L5
Maton

Gibson Super 400

Gibson

Selmer-Maccaferri
Gibson Guitar Corporation
Florence
Venice
Selmer-Maccaferri guitar
nylon-string guitars
Paul Reed Smith

Fender Stratocaster

Gibson Les Paul Junior DC

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