Art Overholtzer who wrote one of the first guitar making books that I ever came across was such a strong believer in quarter sawn back wood that he would cut his Brazilian planks accordingly and regularly make 6 piece backs just to ensure that grain orientation. He won grand national champion with one of his instruments. (He built classical guitars and evidently in that world there is a sort of competition you can enter)
Bottom line, well joined multi piece guitar backs are fine
Last edited by j. Kinnaird; 10-10-2021 at 02:52 PM.
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