Guitarfrenzy Posted July 10, 2003 Report Share Posted July 10, 2003 A good friend (aka TimberKing ) on this msg board.. that also plays guitar in the same band that I'm in, has went over the edge.. lol... I had no idea that he also had always wanted to build a guitar also... so, I was showing him some guitars that people on this web page have made... and he was floored... we'll I didn't think anything of it.. forgetting that he was a boss at a lumber plant... lol... he called me a couple of days later and informed me that he had just talked to one of his friends that is in the funiture building business.. and asked if he had any good lumber around that he wasn't using that he could buy... but turns out he's gonna end up giving him four 12'x8"x2" boards of ash... we think swamp ash at that... so we found a person who has a kiln that will run it through... It's gonna be enough to make 6 to 7 guitars... man that's cool... now we are looking for free maple so we can have a bunch of necks.. lol... Anyone know much about Ash.. I know it's a porous wood... and is kinda light weight.. but what I was wondering is.. if it's good for staining and translucent paints?.... Anyone know? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
westhemann Posted July 10, 2003 Report Share Posted July 10, 2003 this is what swamp ash looks like translucent green Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian Posted July 10, 2003 Report Share Posted July 10, 2003 Burst version , you may know about these guys because I heard they have made a few guitars. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guitarfrenzy Posted July 10, 2003 Author Report Share Posted July 10, 2003 Nice links.. I just hope that the ones we make are half as good... I'm hoping it's Swamp Ash.. not sure though.. but not quite sure, but I have a feeling it might be since I'm from South Arkansas.. close to Louisiana border.. but will just have to wait to see... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rokstr Posted July 10, 2003 Report Share Posted July 10, 2003 my strat is swamp ash. it's great, light, sounds great. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guitarfrenzy Posted July 12, 2003 Author Report Share Posted July 12, 2003 Yeah but you got to realise that a friend and I will be doing the cutting, routing.. etc. etc... so you know that It might not play good, or sound good.. lol.. just kidding.. or am I? Get out some more scrap wood Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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