So that this is not all doom and gloom... I am building a 2nd one of these because of two things I really like about them. They have the advantages of a semi hollow but they are MUCH lighter than a Gibson semi hollow. I have a hollow thin line guitar. It's great, but temp or humidity fluctuations will make it go out of tune. Can't really play it outside here in Florida. Also it's prone to feedback. Not sure what the wood is in the middle of this thing, but I don't have those problems and light is not all bad ;-)