It gets better than that... I had about 18" of waste from each plank. If I'd done a little planning I could have made two complete bodies with the grain going the correct direction. I get sloppy at times because I have access to a 25 hp bandsaw mill and a solar kiln. I have 200 acres of hardwood around me (ash, cherry, poplar, walnut, osage orange, mulberry etc.) My only problem is that we dried a bunch that is rough cut to 1", planes to around 3/4" to 7/8" before I started building guitars. So what I am working with right now has to be laminated for thickness. I will be out scouting this summer for some body woods to have in the mill this year that are the correct thickness.
Rubin