Getting pine with no knots might be a problem. Guess things could be done to seal up the knots so they don't pop out, or laminate them with more than 2 pieces for a back or top. They harvest millions of tons of pines here in East Texas, and nowadays it's hard to find any with tight grain and of a large enough size to be useful for guitars.
Stephen Kinnaird kinda joked about building one in another thread several months ago on here. If he goes anywhere with it, I might ask him to sell me some of the wood so I can try my hand at it.
Like the OP says, it's part of "where you come from" that makes it special.
Intriguing idea.
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