Flamencos - strong back influence?

[Dave M]

I was looking at some flamenco players last night and I realised that the very uncomfortable looking playing position they use (when sitting down) tends to leave the back of the guitar fairly free of body contact. This is very true of Vicente Amigo but also of others.

So I wondered if this allowed the back to impact on the sound more than in classical playing where the back is pretty well pressed into the body.

Which leads to the question of whether Flamenco builders deliberately make their backs more active ('live' in G&G parlance)?

Do we have Flamenco builders or people with experience of such guitars here?

[Steve.Toscano]

So what you're saying is flamenco players are generally slimmer then classical players

Which leads to the question of whether Flamenco builders deliberately make their backs more active ('live' in G&G parlance)?

Do we have Flamenco builders or people with experience of such guitars here?

Flamenco luthiers will often build with a 'more active' back just in the nature of the super light construction.
Im certainly no flamenco afficionado but, my flamencos have a back freq of ~230hz, top of ~180hz.
Strato Anagnostis is making some amazing flamencos that have attracted the attention of Damian Wright. I think by memory his backs are also around 230hz.
He's on this forum maybe he will chime in.