The local cypress (I am in Raleigh, NC) I am used to is pretty soft. Wonderful stuff to work with; smells like oatmeal when you cut it, easy to carve/shape, soaks up stains readily/evenly, doesn't split near as easily as pine or cedar and resists rot. I made some Adirondack furniture out of it and I also like it for this kind of stuff:
But I would not use it for a neck.
"First you master your instrument, then you master the music, then you forget about all that ... and just play"
Charlie "Bird" Parker
Bookmarks