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I doubt Leo or anyone else ever really considered pine as a final material for the guitar they were designing. To look at this from a slightly different angle...pine was just the material they had on hand at the time for making amp cabinets. That's probably why at least some (if not all) of the Pine Esquires were made from four pieces of 3/4" pine glued up...exactly the material they had in stock. This also explains why they were only 1-1/2" thick too. Why commit to thousands of board feet of lumber for a design that no one knew would even "fly" in the marketplace? Just make up some samples using what you have on hand.
cheers,
David
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