Rayk
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I don't recall ever seeing B/S woods graded like tops were, and only recall seeing "AAA" as the highest grade.
According to their grading scale, which as you may recall is seen by some here as being more stringent than a lot of other makers.
I've posted it before but in case you missed it, in Westerly's case at least, thank Willie Fritsch:
http://www.westerlyguildguitars.com/articles/woodselection.pdf
One of their advantages was that they were small enough to go directly to suppliers, bypassing brokers and mass lots of possibly sub-par wood.
I don't think their volume requirements changed so much even after Westerly that that was discontinued.
If anything volume went down after Westerly.
Judging by reports of New Hartford top quality it appears their grading standards remained intact.
Custom Shop material may have been higher graded, I just don't recall seeing "AAAA" though.
Maybe I’m tripping in the AAAA from another company . There’s is a F47 on reverb claiming AAAA flamed maple back and sides lol but no clue to where the info comes from .
It is interesting that the back and sides are not graded I mean heck if CDX plywood is ok let’s roll with it ! Lol