I think practically speaking all of these will work fine. As I mentioned above, there are tons of 1 piece necks that are doing fine after decades of use.
But in the strict sense of the word, the short grain is weaker than the long grain.
Laminations can help, but there too you have short grain in the laminations. And the volutes and back straps help a lot too.
Again, practically speaking it would be a non issue if I liked a guitar.
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