When I first saw Nuno's Washburn guitar, I thought it was rather dumb not to feature real upper fret access in reflection of Nuno's fretboard technicalities. The neck joins the body at the 15th fret, making it very restrictive.
Upon seeing its flipside, then I understood what those markings on the bass-side cutaway was all about- it's a patented Stephens extended cutaway. A design feature which allows extra access to the upper frets by virtue of its curved, inward extension.
It's nothing too different from what Fodera did to their basses except that the Stephens version deals with a bolt-on attachment while Fodera ensures a seamless, set-in feel.
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The Stephen's extended cutaway was originally also aaplied to neck-through guitars. I'm thinking of Washburn's EC29 and EC36 models.
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