Figured alder opinion required ;-)

[borrow]

Hi everyone,

I need opinion about the alder body blank i receive, this seems to be figured alder but there's knot on this and want to be sure it will not kill the sound so what do you think about it :

This is to make a kind of traditional Randy road V

Here's the head of the warmoth explorer neck i've ordered for that project :
Still in progress

Thanks by advance for your point of view

 

[greywolf]

While the knots are questionably aesthetic , they won't have a significant impact on tone.

 

[Tonar8352]

I know guys are using knotty pine for Tele's for ascetic ad tonal effect and are delighted with the results.  What it will make hard is to get a glass smooth finish if that is what your are after but you can fill it with wood bondo and get very good results.

Keep the pictures coming! We love this stuff.

 

[borrow]

Hi, thanks for your replies. The thing is that it's suppose to be premium quality alder, that's what i pay for and what the supplier says me. I'm not professional but knot mean cheaper in my mind. Will have to call him back monday, maybe they've made a mistake in the order threatment.