[Wild Skies]

This fiddlebacked Repro has a ripple for each fiddle. I cannot recall seeing a single fiddlebacked Repro that didn't have some rippling going on.

IMHO, I believe the ripples are created during the sanding process with alternating soft and hard fibers of figured wood. Yes, wood will take on moisture (or lose moisture) and move a bit which will exacerbate the rippling effect to some degree on all types of figured wood, whether they be fiddleback, curly, feathercrotch or others; but I believe it's more of the alternating hard and soft wood fibers that is the culprit. The high gloss finish that most Repros have from the factory makes the ripples all the more visible.

Learn to love your ripples, as they ain't going anywhere and they ain't hurtin' a thing!