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Mine is a pretty old iphone. I need it for work and to keep my calendar on me at all times.

I have an electric classical that has sides and back made out of it, and a Sterling Luke that uses it, too. It is a little heavy, and...

Many JEMs are basswood, and Steve Vai has no trouble with the trem.

Poplar also varies a lot in weight, so it is up to the individual piece. Tone-wise, it varies as well. I had a poplar bodied Music Man...

Ash is also more expensive because nice pieces look really cool. Woods like Nato (an Asian 'hardwood') doesn't have very nice grain...

Yeah, I say...experiment. Start out with what idsnowdog suggested, and see what 1/16" in either direction does to the sound. Lots of...

Honestly never had the printing smear off. Bad batch? Discount ink that week?

My Steinberger is all maple, and that's not the case. But it is sort of a different design choice.

That's were I was going. If he doesn't have the guitar yet, it is hard to recommend anything because we don't know what it sounds like.

The grain on the headstock is very cool!

Alder grows all over the US. It also isn't used decoratively, as the grain is pretty plain. As a guitar wood, it sounds fantastic.

Do you have the guitar yet, or are you waiting for it to show up?

I loved the original 540R bodies for that reason.

Welcome to the forum! What kind of sound are you going for? What is more important, volume of the humbucker, or balance with the...

That is indeed awesome striped ebony! Usually, though, it isn't as nice as that, and there is no real reason to choose the plainer...