I just built my last but 2 ukes from some fiddleback/curly mahogany that I will never see again - it just doesn't make it to the UK and there are no 'residual' stocks languishing in a barn somewhere. I am trying to secure 27 bd/ft of rare Brazilian for $424. If I get it, by the time it is in the workshop it will have cost me $25 a bd/ft before processing. That is a barely affordable price but one I am prepared to pay for perfect quarter sawn one piece necks. To offset the spiralling costs of raw materials my price went up 25% this year! They will probably do the same in the Fall as the UK gets into a trade war with the US and Trump finally kills off any hope I have doing repeat business with the many clients I have in the US.