MIMF

I just found out about profile gauges. Looks like a good way to measure and reproduce the various struts that make up a guitar's bracing.

The ones made from plastic are probably safer for the instrument than the metal ones.

Lots of great advice. I had some rather impractical approaches in mind, but this goes to show that simple is best. My goal is to draw a plan of a Gerundino Fernandez spruce/cypress flamenco guitar to share with those who'd like to follow the pattern but don't have access to an example of the maker's...

I have a flamenco guitar from which I'd like to draw some plans, but opening up the guitar so I can measure things is simply not an option. Has anybody come up with a means of accurately locating and measuring a guitar's struts and other internal components without having to remove the top? Is it ju...