I feel like I am falling into a wormhole. Found houston hardwoods website per a rec from one of the pros on here and also found another site that sold "backs and sides" for guitars in all of the woods discussed on this forum.
Man it is a lot of money??? And I don't say this to be insulting to luthiers. I say it out of fear. Fear of dropping $400 on materials and weeks of my time, to finally string and tune something to watch it collapse on itself like a black hole.
Like spending 16 hours cooking a brisket and everybody is hungry. You slice it and it looks like the calf slaughtering scene in Apocalypse Now.
Man, it does look like a fun hobby though. Again NOT a job. No delusions of grandeur or Luthiery. Just hobby