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Originally Posted by Bill Sims
For a while now, for whatever reason, Gibson has been turning out guitars by the boat load with "flat sawn" walnut backs.
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I'm aware of that.
As they age, it'll be interesting to see if boat loads of them develop issues. I thank Gibson owners for taking part in the experiment.
Just to be clear, walnuts - black, Claro, English... - are wonderful woods. One of my first instruments was made of quarter sawn black walnut and I have some lovely quarter sawn Claro walnut to use for backs and sides. However, I think it's Kinda soft for fingerboards and traditional experience tells us that quarter sawn is more stable.