Walnut wood Suppliers U.K???

Hi i've never used walnut before and i really like it but can't seem to find anywhere locally that supplies it, if anyone here from the uk know a good place please let me know & if you have used it before what should i expect to pay for a body blank and how easy is it to work with?

Cheers.
Sam

Probably not much help but we have a local lumber yard that keeps all sorts of woods inc Walnut , Maple , Brazil Cedar etc
I have a mate who sells tonewoods principally for classical guitars but he has moved into blanks for electrics. He deals with the lumber yard mentioned.

http://www.tonewoodscotland.co.uk/

Shoot him a line and see if he will fix you up. We were talking about walnut a week or so ago but I don't think he has any at the moment. The yard is ten miles away so ....
I have used walnut from the same place , it is properly dried and machines a dream.
This pic does not go it justice but you will get the idea. Thats before it got about 5 coats of danish oil.

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As a fellow Stokie, I recomend http://www.hymortimber.co.uk/
I've found they're pretty cheap too.

I've bought Ash, Sapelle and Poplar from there (working out @ between £6 to £12 per body).
They stock 'black walnut'

I buy rough sawn boards; they charge something like £50 per order for machining (thicknessing, squaring edges for jointing, etc..) so if you need that doing, it's worth buying more wood.

thank you both, especially greasemonkey thats only a few miles away i will pay them a visit, i don't need the machining doing i have all my own tools and thats very cheap compaired to what i have been paying. small world never expected anyone from stoke to be on here.

Dunno if this would be useful, or how far from you (it's all down south from here lol):

www.john-boddy-timber.ltd.uk/

I used to do a bit of wood turning, and a bunch of us found it economical to travel down and buy from these guys. Certainly at that time they had a wide selection of timbers and were always very helpful.

thank you 7171551 looks like they do a nice selection of tropical wood

also just found a nice selection of walnut on ebay enough for 8 blanks http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/320946341001?ssPageName=STRK:MEBIDX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1426.l2649

Great deal there ! Be aware that that will be slow growth and hence will most likety be on the weighty side however at that price who's arguing. There are more than a few ways to hollow out a body.

i did think about that and i'm gonna wait to see how heavy it is before i decide what to do with (i'm determind to win it)