if you feel sentimental toward your guitar, i don't think cutting it into pieces is the best way to express this. leaving it whole and either keeping it for the good feelings or selling it to someone who will use it and love it seem a better way to treat something you love.
and it will cost more to have it deconstructed and then added to a new guitar than to buy a new guitar. using the top will mean removing the top from the sides, then removing the bracing and kerfing, and the finish. i also can't imagine a luthier undertaking this job - it will be time-consuming and troublesome, and very expensive as it will take longer than simply building a guitar from scratch and will require a lot of care. if you just rip off the glued parts, you risk damaging the top, so each little part would have to be heated and carefully removed, one piece at a time.
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