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While browsing through the local Craigslist offerings I ran across an ad for "vertical grain Western Red Cedar".  The photo showed a stack of 2x8 boards that indeed appeared to be quarter sawn, so, after trading a few emails, I went today and looked at them.  The guy had about 50 boards he had been using to construct strip-built canoes and they looked to be excellent material for guitar tops.   I…