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Originally Posted by Arnold Schnitzer
Over time the top and especially the back will shrink. Overhangs allow some repositioning to be done without major surgery. Without overhangs, bulges can occur within a few years.
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In the cases of the old basses we see that were made without overhanging edges - was this something the makers weren't aware of and repairers just had to deal with? Or do you think there were/are construction methods or considerations that can help to address the issue? Of course the shrinkage is a given, eventually anyway, so I'm not sure what
could be done - maybe it was just a matter of drier wood being used than what we use more recently, so the shrinkage was not seen so quickly...