a 1902 would have more than likely been braced for gut strings, but they did start putting steel strings on around the turn of the century. it could have gone either way. the bracing for steel strings definitely developed after they started using the steel strings on what would have been gut stringed instruments. if your guitar was heavily bellied, it was probably fan braced.
Last edited by dmoss74; 06-06-2010 at 01:56 AM.
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