Wood!

Just got the soundboard wood from Switzerland today. (Quite a fun time getting it here: shipping was about $400, plus duty; and had to clear the wood through customs at the airport.) But it's here, and it sounds super nice when you tap on it. It's the same wood that Stradivarius used to make his violins. It's harvested by a small company in the mountains after the full moon, around midnight, then flown down the mountain by helicopter and quartersawn and air dried.