Hi all, long time lurker, first time poster. I want to finally get started on my first build and have found some really beautiful Sycamore locally that I'm interested in using for the body, but want to try to make newbie mistakes with wood selection so I wanted to ask the wonderful community here for advice.
According to what I've read, Sycamore is somewhere in between Maple and Mohagony when it comes to it's properties. I've read that Sycamore shrinks somewhat and tends to warp during drying, but after it has dried it is supposedly very stable.
Here are a couple of pictures of what is available to me
The sycamore has been air dried for about three years outside (but dry), and from the pictures it doesn't look warped.
I just want to make sure my assumptions are correct in that this Sycamore is fine to use for a guitar body, that this particular piece of wood is most likely dry enough and will not warp after I start working with it. Would you agree with those assumptions?
Thanks!
