Cheap pine body blank...

[Mike Simpson]

Originally Posted by fretman_2

So far, I haven't found anything I could call a body blank around here (Mobile, AL). But, then again, I haven't been everywhere either.

Where do you get your blanks?

Woodworkers Source, I still have to joint and glue the 2 pieces together. I buy 8/4 for 1.75 bodies and 6/4 if I am going to use a top cap.

[jpbturbo]

Originally Posted by Mike Simpson

Woodworkers Source, I still have to joint and glue the 2 pieces together. I buy 8/4 for 1.75 bodies and 6/4 if I am going to use a top cap.

http://www.woodworkerssource.com/Ash.html

Good to know.

Thanks.

[fretman_2]

Cool...I'm assuming that you put the size you want in the message box area. How do I calculate board feet??

Originally Posted by jpbturbo

http://www.woodworkerssource.com/Ash.html

Good to know.

Thanks.

[jpbturbo]

http://extension.missouri.edu/script...ore/G05506.asp

[Sharp5]

Cool. I've built two guitars from pine stair treads. I buy two and glue them on top of each other. Gives you two inches so you can take it down to 1.75.

[crazydave911]

Originally Posted by Sharp5

Cool. I've built two guitars from pine stair treads. I buy two and glue them on top of each other. Gives you two inches so you can take it down to 1.75.

Yeppers, and Lowe's and Home Depot have them for 10$ each . FWIW, the one's from Lowe's have more knots

[crazy_aussie]

I have a pinemaster underway at the moment - pine Jazzmaster with 2 piece body from construction grade timber, Allparts Strat neck, Jaguar bridge, Jazzmaster vibrato, Curtis Novak pickups. Its gonna be white with a red pearl pickguard. I'll start a new thread with pictures in a day or two when the neck arrives. Love working with the pine but it is soft so care is needed....

[Mike Simpson]

Originally Posted by fretman_2

Cool...I'm assuming that you put the size you want in the message box area. How do I calculate board feet??

There are two Woodworkers Source stores in the metro Phoenix area, I just go to the store and pick out some wood.

[crazydave911]

Originally Posted by fretman_2

So far, I haven't found anything I could call a body blank around here (Mobile, AL). But, then again, I haven't been everywhere either.

Where do you get your blanks?

Not sure if they sell retail, but these guys sure have an inventory, and they are local to you, LINK, LINK

[fretman_2]

Wow...thanks Dave! Much appreciated...I'll give them a call tomorrow.

Originally Posted by crazydave911

Not sure if they sell retail, but these guys sure have an inventory, and they are local to you, LINK, LINK

[jipp]

Originally Posted by Mike Simpson

There are two Woodworkers Source stores in the metro Phoenix area, I just go to the store and pick out some wood.

i dunno if its the same place but where i buy my wood when i was buying wood for building bows was from a store,, i think was in mesa on the main strip.. on the left side as you are heading into pheonix. one half is the wood shop the other side i think sells tool. they usually have a good selection have given me good deals.. they like cash so if you buy with cash you get like 10% discount over using your debit card. i was not looking at wood as guitars last time i was in there just bow wood.. but what i have seen is most so called tone woods are good bow wood. i used a lot of hickory in my bows and bamboo flooring you just call it action boo in the archery business and they think its some kind of high tech material.. also use raw bamboo too.. at any rate. i wonder how hickory would sound for a neck. its stiff, would probably be good for a neck with out a truss rod since its so strong in tension.
the one wood tool i do not have is a jointer, so ill have to come up with something.. i should be able to do it with a hand plain and I have a electric hand planer which sorta scares me. i think i can make it work. worse case once i rip it on the table saw just put some sand paper down on a flat surface.. jointer was one tool i never needed building bows.. i just used my grizzly bandsaw and belt sander with 60 grit then do the rest with files and sand paper.. even tho fiberglass is hard on blades.. i sure wont miss working with that.
will feel good to get to working with wood again, was good way to keep my mind off life.
chris.

[src9000]

I've been thinking of doing the same thing. For about two years, I've had a 5/4 stain grade solid wood panel from lowes thats been waiting to become a workbench. You may have just saved it from my guitar lust.

[Mike Simpson]

Originally Posted by jipp

i dunno if its the same place but where i buy my wood when i was buying wood for building bows was from a store,, i think was in mesa on the main strip.. on the left side as you are heading into pheonix. one half is the wood shop the other side i think sells tool. they usually have a good selection have given me good deals.. they like cash so if you buy with cash you get like 10% discount over using your debit card. i was not looking at wood as guitars last time i was in there just bow wood.. but what i have seen is most so called tone woods are good bow wood. i used a lot of hickory in my bows and bamboo flooring you just call it action boo in the archery business and they think its some kind of high tech material.. also use raw bamboo too.. at any rate. i wonder how hickory would sound for a neck. its stiff, would probably be good for a neck with out a truss rod since its so strong in tension.
the one wood tool i do not have is a jointer, so ill have to come up with something.. i should be able to do it with a hand plain and I have a electric hand planer which sorta scares me. i think i can make it work. worse case once i rip it on the table saw just put some sand paper down on a flat surface.. jointer was one tool i never needed building bows.. i just used my grizzly bandsaw and belt sander with 60 grit then do the rest with files and sand paper.. even tho fiberglass is hard on blades.. i sure wont miss working with that.
will feel good to get to working with wood again, was good way to keep my mind off life.
chris.

I know the place you are talking about, it was just west of Southern and Stapely, I used to live near there. I don't know if it is still open. Woodworkers Source is on Elliot east of Guitar Center in Tempe and in Phoenix on I17 N of Peoria on the frontage rd. There is a Woodcraft in Chandler on AZ Avenue but they have more tools than wood.

[fretman_2]

Continuing the pics of using the pine table top...

Got the body shape cut out. I'm going to paint the body a solid color so the knots aren't an issue as long as everything is sealed. I'll add a 3/4" pine top to it to bring the overall depth to 1.75". I really don't anticipate having over $18 or so in the body material.

[mabley123]

im sure it will work but ive read that..... i believe ron kirn says....... it is best to have pine that has been in service for at least 50 years before the sugars on the inside are really crystalized and stable enough for a guitar body.

[fretman_2]

Yea...I can understand that. But how often do you come across wood that's 50 years old? I wonder if Fender's using 50 year old wood for their production guitars?

Originally Posted by mabley123

im sure it will work but ive read that..... i believe ron kirn says....... it is best to have pine that has been in service for at least 50 years before the sugars on the inside are really crystalized and stable enough for a guitar body.

[crazydave911]

Originally Posted by mabley123

i believe ron kirn says....... it is best to have pine that has been in service for at least 50 years before the sugars on the inside are really crystalized and stable enough for a guitar body

[mabley123]

it is very east to find. i know where some is that is 150 years old.

check out. oldwoodworkshop.

he has a bunch of antique old growth white pine ( other species also ) and most of it is not listed. some is over 150 yers and has sizes for 1 or 2 piece bodies.

all you have to do is call him or email him and ask him. he is a really good guy and he has a ton of nice wood.

i just bought 2- 100 years old highly figured tiger maple neck blanks that came from an old barn. im going to buy the other 3 blanks that came from the 16'+ piece. he cut the lumber for the best quality blanks possible.

also it was 6 wide and 2 in. thick. very very nice wood.

ask for tom.

i would say fender is buying alot of old pine. i dont think they want the wood moving and causing problems later on. i do no tthink they use new or fresh pine. i could be wrong but if they are...? they are ripping people off if what ron says is true....and i do not doubt anything he says when it comes to wood knowledge.

[fretman_2]

Cool...what was the $$ if you don't mind me asking??

Originally Posted by mabley123

it is very east to find. i know where some is that is 150 years old.

check out. oldwoodworkshop.

he has a bunch of antique old growth white pine ( other species also ) and most of it is not listed. some is over 150 yers and has sizes for 1 or 2 piece bodies.

all you have to do is call him or email him and ask him. he is a really good guy and he has a ton of nice wood.

i just bought 2- 100 years old highly figured tiger maple neck blanks that came from an old barn. im going to buy the other 3 blanks that came from the 16'+ piece. he cut the lumber for the best quality blanks possible.

also it was 6 wide and 2 in. thick. very very nice wood.

ask for tom.

i would say fender is buying alot of old pine. i dont think they want the wood moving and causing problems later on. i do no tthink they use new or fresh pine. i could be wrong but if they are...? they are ripping people off if what ron says is true....and i do not doubt anything he says when it comes to wood knowledge.

[guitarbuilder]

is best to have pine that has been in service for at least 50 years before the sugars on the inside are really crystalized and stable enough for a guitar body

I'd just say that 98.45 % of the pinecasters made in the last 10 years were from trees cut down from live trees within the last 10 years. The other 1.55 percent are made from recycled wood. It was the tone of the fresh cut pine that started the " pine" fad. This is an area I know a little about. Those trees were in service....to birds and other critters..:-).