Waist
© Frank Ford, 9/1/99; Photos by FF
Yes, we're anthropomorphizing again. Most fretted instruments have a waist, the narrow part of the body between the hips and shoulders:
Actually, we don't call the lower bout the "hips" but we do often refer to the upper curve of the upper bout as the "shoulder."
This 19th Century guitar has a very pronouced waist. Compare it to the waist of a Dreadnought.
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