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To get an electric to sustain, you need to keep the energy in the string.  The more the neck and body vibrate, the more energy leaves the string and the quicker your sound decays. The concept of impedance matching applies here...but it's mechanical impedance, not electrical.  If your string...

It's certainly possible.  Be prepared for some hassles with isolating the electical system from the body...I've heard that isolating the pickups can be a bear on this sort of project.

Have you considered wenge?  VERY heavy.

Unplugged volume and most sustain are contradictory.  The more energy goes into vibrating the body to make sound, the more comes out of the vibrating string that makes it sustain. You'd probably get the most volume with a wood like spruce, that is used in acoustic guitar tops.  And you'd...