This is a very common modification which some luthiers love to do. ![]() If you want to investigate further, you could get a small mirror on a swivel connected to a rod, available at most auto parts stores, and, with a small light and the strings slacked out of the way, you might be able to look at the underside of the top to see if there is any evidence of ladder braces having been removed and replaced with X braces. The fact that it is currently X braced is a real mystery, altho' Gavin's guess that that may be the reason for the X designation on the head stock is plausable. ![]() Often one wood was stained to look like a more expensive wood. I, too, think the interior view shows the back to more likely be mahogony, which I like better for a blues guitar anyway. I've read your thread over on IGS and see that Gavin E has given you some good info.
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