Acoustic Guitar Construction

What are the risks if I use a piece of wenge that is not quarter sawn for a fingerboard?

Hi all,

Would you guys use this brace blank as it is or cut it to the bottom line to make it perfectly straight grain?

Still brainstorming about this project and here is where I stand about it now. Engelman spruce top Maple back and sides. nothing figured, unfortunately going low budget Laminated maple neck with wenge/padouk/wenge core Wenge fretboard, bridge and headstock (my wenge slab is not quarter sawn, any iss...

Beautiful instrument and it's always cool when there's a story behind the wood! Some kind of exorcism!

Which scale did you use and did you follow an existing design or a pan?

Cool, I would be glad to see it if you want.

Yes it's just a guitar indeed. But I have very little experience so if I don't follow a plan, I'll have to make one by copying a guitar (let's say yours ).

Ok yes, now I realize that any template can be used but the locking pin needs to match the template, of course that makes sense!

Thanks Herman