Hey, Phil. I used to work for Suhr Guitars. While I was there we built a guitar with a solid BRW neck. It looked SWEET, but sounded, well, bad. It's great for acoustics and fingerboards...but for a neck, especially neck/thru, I'd say that it ain't worth the expense. If want a cool looking, super strong and bitchin' sounding neck, try pau ferro. Sweet tone and really stable (also called Ironwood).