@PaulFLUS I know next to nothing about guitars and still I know this one is a beauty

@stoneandstrop I still have to find a wood turner who doesn't love boxwood. A pure "butter colour" one is usually favoured, but I love this one I just cut in the garden and in the pieces of which I try to find hidden objects lol.

Indeed it would be a perfect wood for chess pieces. Do you have pictures ?