SANDS78 what about cherry fretboard. I have a 10 years old cherry piece. I think is stable enough? What you suggest?

@@irisiris3842 A 10 year old piece of wood that has been in a stable environment should be dry by now. They say 1 year per inch of thickness to dry wood. Make sure the environment you work the wood in is the same as where it has been sitting all these years, for instance if you had it stored away in a cold somewhat humid cellar but work with it in a heated garage it could move because of the difference in environment. So put the wood into the working environment for a year or two before using it if you are worried about this.

How does electric guitar made from cherry wood sound? Would it make a good choice for a strat? Some say it sound kinda like alder

They don't actually sound alike at all.

Tony Vincenzi you would have to test. Unsure how the red of cherry will act with the blue. might have to use an off color to get a blue

Did you try it?

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Ipe is really hard wood, i am a brazillian, and the wood. Is from brazil, but if you are experienced , go for it, flamed maple is the go to choice.

@@celsopereiramagalhaesjr3216 we'll I don't have extensive knowledge and experience with ipe but enough to know if I go down that road I adding on some work but we'll worth every added frustration. I sand it up to 2000 grit wiping down with mineral spirits after every other grit

Sorry wasn't done after I sand it till the grain, which ive always quartersawn, forms these red to black ribbons seem to float encapsulated in glass, ever other piece has nice of sporadically quilting figure and then 2 coats tung oil which is the finish I found that penatrates into the wood, stain just floats on top, I haven't tried to dye it yet, when I have more ipe to experiment with as of now I only have the off cuts from a deck bring built, a huge deck malde of ipe, tiger wood and cumeru which is a rival in the beauty department with ipe but a little easier to work, I want a few 2' 4x4s so I can make a whole neck from ipe and the Brazilian teak which in my opinion is the teak in my book, I won't be lite weight neck but with a ma s,ahogany body or camphorwood body will brighten up so nice and I imagine it would be like playing a glass neck the truss rod would be a formality and a figured spalted sycamore fretboard stained with red mahogany an abalone inlays Paul read Smith would cry at the awesomeness and perfection of that neck

@@drgonzo305 it will my friend. Ipe is a great wood, it would be perfect for a neck or a fretboard , even a top. There is red ipe, black ipe, yellow ipe and white ipe. All of them are worth it.

@@celsopereiramagalhaesjr3216 Brazil is God guitar center