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I am new to guitar building i was wanting to know the back pieces of my guitar are warping will they be alright when i glue the bracing to the back? I really love the pattern of the wood and my idea of what this guitar would look like finished. Also one of the backs has excellent tap tone and one sounds like a dud here is where i am lost will that work itself out? Actually i dont even know what to ask about that any help would be appreciated.

I don't worry too much about the tap tone of the back. I've used some that had a dull thud and others that had a nice "glassy" tap and both made nice guitars.
As long as the back panels are properly dried, can be pressed into position with light pressure, and the braces are glued at the proper relative humidity conditions, you should be O.K.

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when wood is fresh or exposed to a varing RH you will see this happen. Keep flipping it placing the curved side down and let the air get on it. If you can't control the RH wait till it gets lower to glue up braces. I like to glue braces at 40% RH

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