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Originally Posted by JoeCharter
The Tree has the reputation of breaking when it's bent.
But not all luthiers agree on this -- and I don't think any luthier has built enough guitars with the Tree to make a really fair assessment.
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There are some stories but second hand so I won't repeat them, but yes, without due care it's easy to break them!!
That's why Mike Baranik had a back set but had to locate a set of sides (which eventually came from Lance a few months before he died!)... someone (I don't think Mike) had broken a set while bending.
I anticipate Tim McKnight and John Mayes will have no problem with my final two! I'm thinking no cutaway, though - my tastes have changed and that eliminates one more risk factor!
Phil