erikbojerik Posted May 9, 2006 Report Share Posted May 9, 2006 This is the last one of these...I was going to turn this into a guitar for my son, but then he switched to bass. I guess this means his knuckles will be dragging the ground any day now! http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewI...item=7413615994 PM me if you have any Qs. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coolcat Posted May 16, 2006 Report Share Posted May 16, 2006 That was really nice! I got to the link too late... :-( planning on any FMT hollow strat bodies in the future? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
erikbojerik Posted May 25, 2006 Author Report Share Posted May 25, 2006 FMT....??? The deal is this; I have a great local lumber guy who has just about everything, but it is all in the rough and he won't normally cross-cut his stock. Which means I am typically buying 7' (which are his 'shorts') to 12' long boards whenever I start a project. So I use enough for my own project, and make stuff out of the rest of the lumber to make back some of the cost. Given that it takes me about a year per project, I don't have a garage big enough to store it all!! Right now I am sitting on a ~4 b.f. of bocote, a little alder, a little cocobolo, some of the 100-year old walnut, and some flame maple. I also have ~7 b.f. of flatsawn brazilian rosewood with sapwood, and some definite ideas for it, but this would require a truly $pecial $et of circum$tance$ to part with (replacement cost, basically). As for this particular body, it went to Nigel from Billericay, Essex (UK). The shipping cost was over $50 (!!!), but he was happy to pay it. Man...is it really that hard to get those woods in the UK?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coolcat Posted May 25, 2006 Report Share Posted May 25, 2006 FMT....??? The deal is this; I have a great local lumber guy who has just about everything, but it is all in the rough and he won't normally cross-cut his stock. Which means I am typically buying 7' (which are his 'shorts') to 12' long boards whenever I start a project. So I use enough for my own project, and make stuff out of the rest of the lumber to make back some of the cost. Given that it takes me about a year per project, I don't have a garage big enough to store it all!! Right now I am sitting on a ~4 b.f. of bocote, a little alder, a little cocobolo, some of the 100-year old walnut, and some flame maple. I also have ~7 b.f. of flatsawn brazilian rosewood with sapwood, and some definite ideas for it, but this would require a truly $pecial $et of circum$tance$ to part with (replacement cost, basically). As for this particular body, it went to Nigel from Billericay, Essex (UK). The shipping cost was over $50 (!!!), but he was happy to pay it. Man...is it really that hard to get those woods in the UK?? I'm not even sure what bocote, cocobolo look like. do you put your creations on ebay or just sell them by word-of-mouth? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
erikbojerik Posted May 25, 2006 Author Report Share Posted May 25, 2006 do you put your creations on ebay or just sell them by word-of-mouth? A bit of both. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mattia Posted May 25, 2006 Report Share Posted May 25, 2006 Bocote and Cocobolo? Over in Europe? Well...ish. Cocobolo can be had, although it's generally damn pricey (per board foot, not much less than brazilian at the places I shop) and not that common (it's easy enough to get as acoustic guitar sets), I've never seen bocote or ziricote at all. Some of the more specialist wood hounds might have it but as a rule, no, not so much. If you can find someone who will ship ground, buying wood from the US is financially attractive, doubly so now that the dollar's low against the pound and the euro... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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