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Originally Posted by RJVB
But what about opening a good factory guitar, voicing the top and/or bottom?
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You can
literally have anything done for which you are willing to pay.
The limitation is whether or not having that done is "worth it" on a particular instrument. Your guitar in question, for example, sells in my area for about $1600. Does it make sense to have, say, $2000 worth of "modification" done to a $1600 guitar? Unless there are some unique circumstances, not usually. Does it make sense to spend $1000 modifying a $1600 guitar? Again, depends on the specific circumstances, such as it being a family heirloom. And so on till one reaches whatever balance makes sense to their circumstances.
Nearly every guitar has a tone that is identifiable as a guitar. Within that general sound there is a HUGE range of variation in tone. Each individual player has his or her own opinion of what "good" tone is and there is a guitar available that meets just about every opinion: what sounds great to one player can sound awful to another.
How is it that seemingly so many buyers buy guitars who's tone they are disappointed with and then look for ways to improve it? It suggests that many buyers do a poor job of identifying what tone they want and evaluating whether or not individual instruments are capable of providing that tone.
In the sub-$1600 range, there is a huge number of guitars from which to choose. Except in rare circumstances, on an instrument of that price range, it doesn't make much sense to spend a lot of money trying to tailor the sound of a relatively new, mass-produced instrument. Sure, lots of things
can be done, but probably not much
should be done. It usually makes far better sense to sell the instrument that doesn't meet one's preferences and replace it with one that does. With so much choice available, there really isn't a need to keep - even as "beater" guitars - an instrument who's sound one doesn't really like.