Sorry if I hijack your thread a bit.
I'm looking at building a PRS Singlecut (Tremonti-look-alike).
I have 1pcs Mahogany for the body and 1pcs mahogany for the neck and head.
The problem is that here in Sweden it's a little hard to get nice flamed mapletops...
I found one nice but its a little thin, only 1/4".
Following this thread and lots of google-ing made me believe that 3/4 is the "correct" thickness to use.
The plan is to use maplebindings instead of the faux-binding, in that case I can carve all the way (almost) to the mahogany.
Singlecuts doesn't have the same carvedepth as the regular PRS right!?!
I looked at bending the top but...
Any ideas guys?
Second and last option is to use the european maple I have (2" thick) and make a solid color
btw This looks like a nice build, I'll follow it!!