Another detail, most acoustic carve-tops (if they have a pickup), the controls are mounted to the pickguard. They are not mounted to the top. Some have no vol/tone controls and they use an endpin jack. The point is no holes are cut into the top for the pickup, vol/tone controls, or jack.
And many builders have gotten away from metal tailpieces or pickgaurd mounting hardware to avoid rattles. These will have carved wooden tailpieces and pickguards.
There are some very innovative designs where the neck is mounted cantelever and no contact with the top at all.
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