Chambered mahogany T-Class build

[Canadianbreed]

Hi guys and gals,

I will be doing a T-Class in mahogany and rosewood/mapleneck and Filtertrons.
I went to my local wood supplier AMWood Inc in Cambridge and got a big slap of Fijian Mahogany, 14.25"x3.25"x37". This will be a real nice.
I haven't decided if I will cap the top or bottom yet.

[Canadianbreed]

This is the guitar hardware example but in pelham blue

[6stings]

Subscribed, oh yes!

[Toriginal]

I'm with you all the way. Waiting for parts and some back wood for a 2" slab of another kind of wood which will take a few months. I'll be watching and learning from you. I want to chamber it as well. Please cap the back LOL.
How do I subscribe so I don't miss anything?

[Canadianbreed]

Here is a quick imprompto tone tap test, does it really make a difference, I think so.

[trev333]

I've heard the plantations of Mahogany in Fiji.. planted years ago .. came from Honduran Mahogany seeds/stock...

50-60 year old stands...or more...

it could be the next place for guitar wood... some Fiji based companies are selling guitar blank size slabs...centre join 2 piece,,.. not sure of the web addy... I saw some on Oz ebay a while back.

[Canadianbreed]

Well Trev the stuff I got is a nice 14.25" wide. I'll be getting more.

Bill

[trev333]

here's one site I found.. name speaks for itself I guess..

http://www.fijimahoganyblanks.com/Welcome.html

these all look one piece/neck through blanks..

[Canadianbreed]

Wow thats cool to see.

Bill

[trev333]

It's good to see the Fijians value adding to their wood stocks...

someone must have got in there to school them on guitar blank cuts for their logs to get into the instrument market... and to provide a small industry/jobs.

we may well see more guitars made from these stocks... being Plantation stock there will be no cutting of old growth forests to get Mahogany.. and being replanted as time goes on..

[Canadianbreed]

That's the way it should have been done all along.

Bill

[Nick JD]

When you use it to make the floors of your house or your decks, when you walk around in rubber shoes the house plays a tune.

http://www.pridemahoganyfiji.com.au/

Some see tonewood, others see a cheap building material.

I think it's great that plantation timbers are being used when others on this site endorse old-growth as the only one with any "tone". Especially since wild-harvested wood from this species of 'Hog is CITES-listed.

The plantation stuff is nice and light too. I'm thinking about making an all 'Hog dread from it.

[Nick JD]

Originally Posted by Canadianbreed

That's the way it should have been done all along.

Bill

Wouldn't it be truly admirable if all the guitar companies would buy farmland in the tropics and plant Ebony, BRW and Mahogany?

Wouldn't that be amazing?

We could only hope. If Martin had have done this in 1920 ... we'd be sorted. Fact that they're not doing it now (they'd grow in Florida, or Lousianna) makes me sad. They say they know what "sustainability" means, but they haven't a clue and are just trying to buy green karma.

Someone in Fiji was thinking. I'd now like to know who.

http://www.fijimahogany.com/

[Canadianbreed]

Hey,

Not too much to show but I did get the body ready for chambering and the back cap is ready too.

[Clinchriver]

I have had a one piece honduran mahogany tele body for about 20 some odd years. What will that body weigh after routing?

[Canadianbreed]

Clinchriver,

I suspect around 3lbs, I'll know soon enough,I dont want it too light that its unbalanced.

[R. Stratenstein]

Beautiful, resonant wood, Bill. Thanks for the video and the build update.
(Just wish there were some way to utilize the wood we drill out for cavities--breaks my heart to see that beautiful wood go to waste, but don't know what else to do!)

[DeepSouth]

Originally Posted by Canadianbreed

Hey,

Not too much to show but I did get the body ready for chambering and the back cap is ready too.

Can I please ask what thickness you allow for the sides - I've seen varying thicknesses quoted around the traps. I made a template for the cavities and I'm a bit nervous that mine looks a bit thin. Better to work out the right thickness before I actually cut into my mahogany...

[Canadianbreed]

I went with 1" sides but you could get away with 3/4" maybe less. Of course it wont be as strong as a laminated rim.

[Canadianbreed]

So Jock wanted a cats eye instead of the traditional f-hole but I found this and he likes it. I slightly modified it so it wasn't a direct copy. I need to slim it down some its still a bit bulky looking.

Bill