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(You could also make electric bodies out of it, which would be a real shame - you can make an electric guitar body out of almost anything.)
For guitar building, the freshly felled redwood would probably require accelerated drying.
In use, redwood can be extremely light, resonant and relatively soft to work. The downside is that it marks if you so much as look at it. On Stratocasters with a two-point vibrato, I have seen the posts and threaded inserts gradually tear themselves out.
@Tannin are you saying it would be good on a fingerboard or even the whole neck, but not worth the cost for an electric body? And/or are you saying it's good for acoustic guitar bodies?
Should work fine for electrics once seasoned, looks like its already been cut into slabs ready for drying for the most usable sections of the truck.
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My comment re wasting it on electric bodies is simply a matter of sensible use of resources. Redwood is rare: far too much of it was logged in the bad old days and there is now little or no commercial harvest. You can only get redwood by re-using old items like furniture, or from isolated (often urban) one-offs like the tree in your in-laws' street. There is no particular benefit to using it in an electric body - as Funkfingers points out, it is too soft to be practical. Yes, it's light and strong and workable, but so is Radiata Pine which you can buy from any timber merchant at 1% of the price.
On the Fender redwood Stratocasters, string and spring tension conspire to crush the body wood on the neck side of the vibrato pivot inserts, turning the drilled holes oval. As grip on the insert splines reduces, they rise and lean towards the nut, accelerating the damage.
I was once shown one of the redwood Stratocasters by my (then) local Fender dealer. He asked my opinion of the damage. I concurred with him that the guitar was ****ed.
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UK grown Californian Redwood would be up there with some of the most exclusive/rare tonewood out there!