Shorten the ribs....or make them stauncher?

[Ron Nossaman]

>Which brings up my next question: To increase
>stiffness, why not "beef up" the ribs, instead of
>shortening them with cutoffs and such ?

That's done, and it can make a nice board when you want to use the original 
rib locations. Rib crowning, with tighter radii in the treble, and a little 
deeper profile are easy enough to add with little trouble. A bass cutoff 
and a belly rail brace help enough at they should always be considered, in 
my opinion.


Ron N