Deadly "whiskers" on Pink Dogwood

[RBSinTo]

Not only tools but time and effort. It's a lot of work and rewarding, but not sure if I'd start my hobby build with an unknown wood type as an "experiment". Imaging going through all that to find that there's a reason Dogwood isn't used in guitar building!!

Tom,
I guess Stuball would be upset if he spent all that time and money and the resulting guitar turned out to be a "dog".
RBSinTo

 

[chazmo]

Dogwood is a hardwood. It might be hard to find wide planks of it, but I'm sure you could make a multi-piece back or sides if you tried. Interesting comment I found which might fly in the face of using it though:

Rot Resistance: Since there tends to be very little heartwood, Dogwood is usually composed entirely of sapwood, which is considered non-durable to perishable.