The only time you can order one from what I understand is when you order a Private Stock guitar. One of the members here started a PS build recently, and that build is being delayed until they get some one piece tops in stock because that is what he has requested and paid for (it does cost extra on a PS build, but I do not know how much). With the Core, WL and Artist models that are out there, one piece tops are NOT an extra charge, but the used market may inflate the price for one piece tops! I personally LOVE the one piece tops and have been collecting pix of each one I see for the past few years and own a one piece top guitar, but it is not a maple cap as it is the 594 HBII model. My estimate, based on daily browsing of different sales platforms, would be that 1 in 100 or so are one piece tops, maybe less.
Nah. Pretty much the same and luck of the draw. Maybe more marketable? All depends
As Bogner said, a "properly" matched two piece can be the bomb and better than some one pieces IMO! Thing is, most of them don't have the match factor that I want. I want 90%+ matching at the center point on a two piece top, otherwise it look cheap to me. I know it is not cheap and I understand why it happens, but that is the impression I get when I look at an unmatched center seem. My PS is a two piece top, and I think it looks incredible and my core CU24 is "acceptable" to me, but I would not have purchased it just for it's top!
