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Geocoucou79

Post subject: Dreadnought body depth

Posted: Sun Aug 24, 2025 10:53 am

Walnut

Joined: Wed May 31, 2023 7:24 am
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First name: Dominic
Last Name: Leblanc
City: Saint-Gabriel-de-Kamouraska
State: QC
Zip/Postal Code: G0L 3E0
Country: Canada
Focus: Build
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Hi,

I built a dreadnought 2 years ago with a plan I bought on GenOne. This DN has a body depth of 4 3/4'' at the lower bout and 3 3/4'' at the upper bout while the DN I played with were closer to 5'' and 4''. The difference is not huge but that guitar from the GenOne plan seems really shallow. This is not necessarily a bad thing but I'm about to start a new DN and I'm questioning myself about that aspect of the built and I was wondering if I would go for a deeper body shape this time. I would like some of your insight about that.

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Dominic

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Dave Rickard

Post subject: Re: Dreadnought body depth

Posted: Sun Aug 24, 2025 3:59 pm

Koa

Joined: Tue Oct 17, 2006 3:52 am
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City: Lawrence
State: Kansas
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Mine measure 5" and 4"

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phavriluk

Post subject: Re: Dreadnought body depth

Posted: Sun Aug 24, 2025 11:01 pm

Koa

Joined: Mon Feb 13, 2012 8:49 pm
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First name: peter
Last Name: havriluk
City: granby
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Country: usa
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Apples to apples: Make sure like is being compared to like: 3 3/4" in height at the neck block of the side alone is roughly the same as 4" at that location counting in the soundboard and back thicknesses.

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