What is the best NZ native wood for body

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nice, how'd it sound with matai? laminated ex 4x2s or one piece?
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Visionless_Guitarist wrote:matai
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Visionless_Guitarist wrote:a pine guitar, yuck, youd only make them to practice making them haha
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Visionless_Guitarist wrote:nice, how'd it sound with matai? laminated ex 4x2s or one piece?
it is 3 piece body ex 6x2 mati, sapele neck rosewood fingerboard, great rock/blues sound, the p90's are hotter than the normal rio p90,s

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