Well, still several months off, and looking more like the end of the year, but that's ok.
We sent a couple of emails last week, and I was thinking about going with walnut from the same billet as this guy:
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But we talked on the phone tonight, and I mentioned that I was more concerned with tone than looks, and didn't want to upgrade the aesthetics if it was going to compromise the sound. So, after having another chat about what I wanted tonally, he suggested this might get me closer:
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So, I'm taking his advice on that... and it should still look pretty darn good. I kind of like that it's a bit more wild and still lots of figure going on.