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Re: multi-piece necks
I would say the importance of quartersawn wood has a more to do with stability than strength. Wood moves more in the tangential direction than radially, so the cut of the board from the log can have quite an impact here. Quartersawn is more stable.
Flatsawn wood stood on it's end (the way you would generally use it as a laminate in a multi-piece neck) becomes effectively quartersawn. So 4 or 5 pieces of flatsawn wood glued together make up a very stable and very strong neck. It's one of the reasons I prefer to stick to laminated necks.
Regarding tone, I think you can consider the primary wood as having the most impact and the thinner stringers to be of little consequence. I think you can also count on a laminated neck to be generally stiffer and snappier sounding as well compared to a one piece of the same species. Opinions may differ here, of course.
I would say the importance of quartersawn wood has a more to do with stability than strength. Wood moves more in the tangential direction than radially, so the cut of the board from the log can have quite an impact here. Quartersawn is more stable.
Flatsawn wood stood on it's end (the way you would generally use it as a laminate in a multi-piece neck) becomes effectively quartersawn. So 4 or 5 pieces of flatsawn wood glued together make up a very stable and very strong neck. It's one of the reasons I prefer to stick to laminated necks.
Regarding tone, I think you can consider the primary wood as having the most impact and the thinner stringers to be of little consequence. I think you can also count on a laminated neck to be generally stiffer and snappier sounding as well compared to a one piece of the same species. Opinions may differ here, of course.
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