MIMF

Maybe live oak would work. It's quite hard. Don't know any janka numbers.

While I don't usually use antiques to build my guitars, I did make one from this old oak dresser that had been left out in the weather. It sounded very good and I'd do it again if the situation was right. One of the challenges is finding wood that is wide enough for the back. This is a smaller guita...

Bill, I build with a 30' radius dome and that usually means a neck angle of 1.2-1.5 degrees. With that angle I don't have to taper the fretboard.

I made a steel string guitar based on a Rodriguez body that came out nicely. It has 13 frets to the body with a 25.4" scale. I like where the bridge ended up with that combination. The top has a 30' dome. It's x-braced with two tonebars. The first is scalloped and the second is smaller and tape...