Originally Posted by
John C Cox
I get most of my guitar wood by carefully picking through the piles at the local woodworking stores..
A lot of woodworkers and cabinet makers want flat sawn wood because its easier to match in large projects than quartersawn.. And while they may appreciate the beauty of a really unique piece of wood - the trouble becomes matching it... And so it gets left behind for somebody like me..
I think what Don was referring to was that quartersawn wood expands and contracts half as much as flat / plainsawn, which is important in guitars.
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