Apologies on the duplication but I posted this in the wrong thread.
I little progress to report, I have eventually decided on a flying brace over the bridge plate. Because the guitar body is so small and I have thinned the cedar top under 2mm I feel this brace pattern will be more suitable than more traditional patterns.
I have decided to scrap the plywood sides and laminated back I was going to use and I have bought a walnut back and side set.
Although the build is coming along slowly I am pleased with progress and thought what the hell, might as well put a solid wood back and sides on the little beast.
My question is this: the figuring/grain is not exactly the most stunning on this set, what are the likely advantages of either using the heart wood or the sap wood down the centre of the back? What would be the structural and or tonal differences between using the tightly spaced sap wood grain over the wider heart wood?
I also splashed out on a new ovangkol finger board
Thanks for following