Re: Washboard Back - Too Dry or Too Damp?
There have been discussions about this before. I used to have a tenor guitar with a back like that. Some builders chined in to say that this characteristic is indicative of hand work, probably the the back was smoothed with a hand scraper instead of being machine sanded. It is apparently common in hand built fine quality violins. So you probably shouldn’t do anything about it. It is what it is. If I were you, I’d be much more worried about the action being too high with the bridge all the way down, and the bowed neck.
Don
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