No downbearing ?

[Ron Nossaman]

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>The geometry of the bearing force certainly influence tone, (front
>bearing vs/back bearing) Many rebuilders lower the plate almost
>systematically when not enough bearing (sunken board) and the
>resulting tone is never really agreable nor full and long.

That's because the bearing wasn't the problem in the first place, and 
adding bearing to a dead board doesn't resurrect the board.


>Is more pressure at the back of the bridge stiffening more this side
>of the board, while the larger part of the board is still too flexible
>?
>
>Or because of the S shape the board is always taking then, there is a
>zone where the soundboard is so mushy it adbsorb too much of the
>strings energy ?
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>Isaac OLEG

A board that has collapsed into whatever concave or S shape it chooses, 
just doesn't have the stiffness and spring necessary to support and react 
with the strings. It's dead.

Ron N

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