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It appears that Trevor Gore's book' "Contemporary Acoustic Guitar Design and Build - Second Edition" is not available at this time. Anybody have a used copy they don't want or need? Or suggestions where to find it? Thank!

Hello everybody, I am about to embark on building an acoustic with a top other than spruce. I have some mahogany and looking to buy some koa. I have always heard and read that when looking for spruce tops that the tighter and straighter the grain on the top the better. Should this hold true for other species as well. For example, looking at the sample koa selection in the picture would the center option have a better sound than the optio…

Hi dear luthiers, I want to build a copy of a vintage Gibson acoustic. Therefore I need to draw a good plan. Do you have good tips of how to measure the guitar, especially the interieur like braces or the back+side thickness? Do you have a certain schedule, that you follow? For the position of the braces I will use magnets. But the height, thickness and profile, how do you adress this? Thanks a lot in advance!