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Lots of methodology and theory for bracing and their shapes and patterns. Books on how to predict the sound quality expectations, I copy in hopes of ending up with a guitar that sounds similar to "X". The use of vintage specs and material or certain materials in general -- with predict or hoping the key word. How about a mechanical, systematic, repeatable way to make changes to an acoustic guitar so one can alter sound quality after its completely built and finished? As far as I can remember Tom Rebbeke holds the patent for the "tail Block" access door which allows the maker or repair person to get inside at the braces to make changes -- but that is a one way street, can't un-shave a brace. So -- a tune-able guitar body would be cool.

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Ken Cierp

http://www.kennethmichaelguitars.com/

Do you have the Gore/Gilet books?

No -- do they show how to build a guitar with these provision?

"How about a mechanical, systematic, repeatable way to make changes to an acousti'c guitar so one can alter sound quality after its completely built and finished?

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Ken Cierp

http://www.kennethmichaelguitars.com/

More or less.

The Gore/Gillet books address some of those challenges, one of which is adding different weights of side mass to a completed guitar, others have to do with a lot of "MATH" wow7...great stuff though!!!!!

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MK5acoustics.com

Unless you mean you want to radically change, re change and rearrange the same guitar endlessly, then no.

But if you want to be able to accurately and methodically make consistently excellent guitars time and time again with a repeatable, quantifiable, and transferable methodology, then yes.

I'll also add that 'Left Brain Lutherie' was a great brain prep, without which the GG would have made less sense to me. That's the one that led me finally to asking the right question which the GG books came along and answered quite nicely.