Where I live in Illinois, the best hardwood I can find in 1x2 size is poplar. I'd rather have oak because I want to mount telecaster pickups and I need the strength I can buy a 6 foot section of oak that's 1 inch thick but 7 inches wide.
I've been searching around for an amp that would work well and sound good with my CBG. I looks hard at Gitty's cigar box amps and a variety of others. After watching and listening to seems like hundreds of Youtubes, I settled on the Vox Mini3. 3 w
I did a search on the question of 3 or 4 strings. One of the contributors to what I read said the purpose should dictate the number of threads. Sounds like a good approach.
I don't presently do much slide work but I want to change that and learn