AcousticSmash Posted January 8, 2005 Report Share Posted January 8, 2005 I am going to be buying some wood for a guitar body and neck. how should it be cut, I was told the wood should be quarter sawn for the neck but what about the body and should the wood be rough cut as well. Also what is the size of the bit that I need to drill string holes for a non tremolo bridge so that the strings slide in the holes and will come out the bridge without any problems of getting jammed or being too loose. One final thing, what size bit should I use for routing the single coil pickups and neck cavaties. I am building a Strat with non tremolo bridge and basswood body as well as probably a mohogany neck and maple or rose wood fretboard Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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skibum5545 Posted January 9, 2005 Report Share Posted January 9, 2005 The wood doesn't need to be quartersawn for the body. It doesn't matter if it's rough cut; you need to smooth it out eventually, so it all depends on whether you have a planer, etc. and how much work you want to do. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AcousticSmash Posted January 10, 2005 Author Report Share Posted January 10, 2005 I do have access to a planer so that shouldnt be a problem. anyway I need to know if the holes that I drill in the back of the body for a standard strat with a solid bridge has to be in terms of drill bit size cause I dont want to drill it too big or i ruin the entire project and that is a big problem. i am using basswood for the body, maple for the neck and rose wood for the finger board. i shall post pics in a few weeks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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