I recently purchased some beautiful black limba and I have a dilemma as to how I want to use it. Originally I purchased it with the intent of building a solid black limba body guitar. When it was delivered it came a full 1.5 inches thick so it seems wasteful to shave off all that extra thickness to get just one body out of it. I was thinking that maybe I should bandsaw it to 3/4 inch and use it as the backs of maple laminate PRS style guitars instead. Then I could get two bodies out of the same wood. My real dilemma is if it is a good idea to cut it in half. I have never built a PRS style guitar before and I don't know how thick the back needs to be before building.
Any input would be greatly appreciated!
