A few years ago I built a All Michigan guitar. The B&S came from a hard Maple log that buried at the bottom of Lake Arcadia for over 125 years. The top came from a Blue Spruce that was a blow down tree. Bracing for top and back came from the spruce log. The Bridge, head plate, bindings and fingerboard came from a old Walnut tree that was quite figured and very, very hard. For a Maple guitar it had a really good bass response from a Gibson 185 inspired type guitar. I like seeing other woods used for guitar building. In the 80's I built several guitars from Black Locust for side and back's. I used Nutmeg for the tops. The Japanese use Nutmeg wood for Go Boards. Good job Chris. BTW the binding jig works great.
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