Dear Outlier,

Wouldn't you be in for some serious waste factor if the blocks were rift cut? And this says nothing about the short comings of grain runout in the block format. Would you buy KD blocks or AD? I must know your secrets.

I must admit that breaking out riven wedges is time consuming and tedious but I do feel that this format yields the best product. It does not lend itself to the TS or time efficient labour though.

Framus made guitars with solid sitka necks and blocks - kinda gross guitars but neat looking necks.