Milling body blanks the wrong way

[Chistopher]

I've got a bunch of wood on my property from a pine tree that was cut down right before I moved here. It's cut into logs that are just long enough to not be usable for a guitar. However, the wood has a big enough circumference to be made into a guitar.

Is there any reason why I couldn't build a guitar body such that the natural grain shows through as rings instead of streaks? I'm sure there would be a bit of work involved for sure.

 

[ICTGoober]

How long has the wood been dried?

 

[GilmourD]

I mean, sure.

https://www.projectguitar.com/forums/topic/54046-butcher-block-style-strat/

 

[ICTGoober]

Butcher block is not the same thing. All the little pieces stress relief in small amounts, not enough to cause a lot of warpage. I've seen guitar bodies built in this "plate" style, but the wood had to be dried well before final thickness and so on. The lumber might tend to cup on one side, and bulge on the other if it was still too wet.

Also - any idea what species of pine this lumber happens to be?

 

[ehdwuld]

The strength of the wood is with the grain
If you cut it across the grain
It will snap into very easily

But you can, like the image Gilmore posted, but you will need to coat it in epoxy and cut it down .
Like they did

 

[larryguitar]

I would suspect a section of wood cut that way would warp very unpredictably.

Larry