Northendem Posted August 25, 2004 Report Share Posted August 25, 2004 I am new to guitar building. I generally do electronic work (Pickups, controls, any kind) and some tech stuff (Bridges, nuts, frets, Tremolos, installments). But, I am trying to build my own guitar. I was wondering, why do most people always splice their wood instead of making it out of one solitary piece of wood? Are there advantages and disadvantages to this? Thanks for any help Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maiden69 Posted August 25, 2004 Report Share Posted August 25, 2004 If you are refering to the body blanks, I will say it's for the price. You can get a 2 piece blank for 50-up, were the same type one piece would be 85-up, and if you get the timber to do your own the price goes lower. I am trying to get a one piece mahogany myself, but a 2 piece should be good too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MzI Posted August 25, 2004 Report Share Posted August 25, 2004 the other problem with one piece bodies is warpage, a wider piece of wood is more likely to warp then 2 smaller pieces glued together MzI Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
guitar_ed Posted August 25, 2004 Report Share Posted August 25, 2004 Don't forget availablity. There are more half size trees out there than full sized. Relative to guitars that is. Guitar Ed Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Northendem Posted September 5, 2004 Author Report Share Posted September 5, 2004 So it does'nt have anything to do with sound? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guitarfrenzy Posted September 5, 2004 Report Share Posted September 5, 2004 Another thing you have to consider is if you have a big enough planer to run one wide board through? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
westhemann Posted September 5, 2004 Report Share Posted September 5, 2004 well as far as i can tell a one piece blank which is properly dried is not going to warp...so don't worry about that,worry about getting a good,dry piece,and finishing it properly. availability...that is the only reason so many do it that way..it is very tough to find large enough pieces for a one piece sound?i would say there is a difference...but not a bad one when i first started i wanted to only make one piece bodies,thanks to ed roman's rants about glue...i have since learned that a quality guitar has less to do with how many glue lines you have,and EVERYTHING to do with quality woodworking(tight joints,clean routs,well thought out design and control placement,etc.) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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