The wood is actually....Mahogony...you cant really tell from the way the pics exposed but yea its mahogny we went and bought from www.exoticwoods.com. Its close by so we drove down and picked up some wood.
the control knobs arent 100% done, im going to make them a bit thinner and modify them so that they sit deeper in the recessed holes. I was thinking about keeping them aluminum as they are but i would have to clear coat them because if they sta that way the aluminum would oxidize, not to mention, stain from sweaty hands. My intial intention was to spray them black so we'll see what happens with that.
milling...cheating? hm...in some manners, yes, but milling also requires alot of patience and time aswell and probably the same amount of set up as other techniques.