Advice on using king billy for a classical top

[Daniel_M]

Hi All,
I am after some quick advice.... I have a beautiful piece of king billy that I would like to use, and noting that there is a lot of recommendations to use blackwood B/S with king billy, I purchased one of Tim's master grade sets. Now I had planned on building steel string (808 size), but was thinking would this make a decent classical?
Thanks in advance,
Daniel.

[Bob Connor]

It'll make an excellent classical top by virtue of the fact that it is extremely light. I think that most guitars that have been with KB would have been classicals. I use it for steel string but only for OM and smaller sized instruments.

Just be aware that King Billy will dent if you fart near it. It's softer than Cedar.

[Daniel_M]

Thanks Bob, a classical it is!

I had read all the posts I could but must have missed that one about the classicals.

How do you think it will go with a figured blackwood bridge? Or do you think I should go with something more traditional, like rosewood?