Backscale length on guitars

[Cy Shuster]

Here's an interesting acoustic guitar design, where they've lengthened the 
backscale and moved the hitch pins to the rim (in piano-speak):
http://video.on.nytimes.com/?fr_story=05f6ec1e4a4ea46d5119bfdc1a90c369d86dd520&rf=bm

Here's the guy's site:
http://www.babiczguitars.com/

There's a related article about carbon composites in violin design:
http://www.nytimes.com/2006/11/28/science/28acou.html

--Cy--
www.shusterpiano.com