Quote Originally Posted by impala59 View Post
If you can slice the pieces into half inch slabs you could make a wonderful book matched semi solid thinline swamp telecaster, possibly even using the waste from the shape cut to build the sides and get the body depth The centre solid section and neck mount could be another unseen hardwood. Sorry just getting a bit carried away there, do love a tele!
It’s an option, though I might try to pare it down a little thinner, say 1/4” slice with the gnarly grain and do an edge bind. I am really only just squeaking in on the edges with this, so I may do a filler strip in the middle, NZ beech or Maple, I’ve some thin walnut stock as well that would look great.
That would leave me maybe 5/8 inch of the unfissured figured part to do a carved top something something.