Westerly Wood
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@Rambozo96, Tony Rice's guitar that he got from Clarence White was actually a Martin D-28, that somewhere along the line had its sound hole enlarged...not known whether that was because it was so scored up from playing or whether an attempt to enhance its sound.
the repair was done as the sound hole on the D28 was all messed up. it was not done to enhance the sound, and from my own experience enlarging the sound hole of a D35 I once owned, it does not really enhance the sound at all. i mean i prefer the larger sound hole look for sure, but it did not really change a whole lot, mostly aesthetic. what i heard is Clarence's dad bought Clarence the D28 from another player who had just beat it to hell and they fixed it by cutting away the busted up wood. lol
my guess it was a total hack job and mostly done as the only other option was to leave it as is. now you can purchase dreads with this look as standard ROFL