Australian/New Zealand Luthiers Forum

Attached is a photo of the interior of a Renaissance-shaped Martin & Coupa period guitar sold by Gryphon Guitar in the last couple of years. The shot of the interior (also by Gryphon) is the best I have encountered (mine are not nearly as good) so I thought I would use it as an example. This guitar ...

Sorry for my late response to the thread, I saw it for the first time yesterday. I have actually seen this particular guitar and a number of other Martin & Coupa guitars with the two piece sides. The sides are in TWO pieces, the purfling is not inlaid into the side. The sides are sometimes book matc...