<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; = charset=windows-1252"> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.2900.2722" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY style="WORD-WRAP: break-word; khtml-nbsp-mode: space; = khtml-line-break: after-white-space" bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Looks great Ron. Sounds like some very = favorable feedback also. Must feel as good as it sounds!</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I'm generally aware of bridge mass = loading, but belly rail? Is it the case that the original construction had a = low-mass/thin belly rail and you wanted to beef it up? Was this done by increasing the = thickness of the belly rail by adding dense wood to the belly side of = the belly rail? Or how? Brass/lead weights?</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I don't suppose any of that would = benefit the 6" x 8" solid white ash belly rail on my Knabe? Every time I look at = that thing I realize I'm not the only one guilty of overkill!   = ;-)</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Terry Farrell</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>BTW: Where'd you ever find such a fine = looking soundboard panel?</FONT></DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE dir=ltr style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; = BORDER-LEFT: #000000 2px solid; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px"> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV> <DIV style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: = black"><B>From:</B> <A title=rnossaman@cox.net href="mailto:rnossaman@cox.net">Ron = Nossaman</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">I did some bracing and mass loading of = the belly rail in the treble, and got a pretty fair sustain out of the treble. </DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>