There is a builder down here in Naples, FL who is doing something pretty different. Ross Teigen makes asymetrical bodied acoustic flatop guitars in his one man shop. His basic model is roughly dreadnought-sized with fairly Spartan appointments and rather than situating a single soundhole in the traditional area just below the fingerboard he has placed a port at the horn of the cutaway and one on the bass side rim which frees him from having to brace heavily around an opening that runs in line with the string pull. This results in a very light instrument with a large area of vibrating soundboard. A rosewood/engleman guitar I recently played at his shop that was less than a month old was one of the sweetest sounding and loudest instruments I've ever played with surprisingly good treble response. His prices are pretty reasonable for a handmade instrument and the craftsmanship seems to be flawless. He has a website but I'm not sure he's updated it in a while. Ross tells me he's going to make some guitars to be sold at Gruhn Guitars in Nashville. vl