wildchild247 Posted June 7, 2006 Report Share Posted June 7, 2006 buying cheap but quality woods in Ireland anyone know any good places to buy woods for cheap I live in the south east of Ireland money is a problem big time for me but I aint gonna stop building a guitar Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mattia Posted June 7, 2006 Report Share Posted June 7, 2006 Maybe contact the guys at Avalon/Lowden/Etc., look for Irish builders, and ask them what they do for woods? Check here for s'more info: http://www.cybozone.com/fg/luthier.html Also, google around, check your yellow pages for lumber yards, contact cabinet/furniture makers and ask them where they get their materials from. Maple, basswood should be pretty easy to find. For rosewood and similar, it's possible you may have to order from somewhere else; plenty of places in the UK that'll sell ready to use blanks (Touchstone, Craft Supplies, Dave Dyke, etc.) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rokeros Posted June 7, 2006 Report Share Posted June 7, 2006 I think www.craftsupplies.com is very good for england. But for Ireland you might need to pay a bit for crossing the sea and immigration. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mattia Posted June 7, 2006 Report Share Posted June 7, 2006 I think www.craftsupplies.com is very good for england. But for Ireland you might need to pay a bit for crossing the sea and immigration. It's the EU, which means only shipping, zero import duties or additional taxes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
richiehamilton Posted January 15, 2007 Report Share Posted January 15, 2007 Hi there, I'm also in Ireland and here's what I've found. If you're building an acoustic guitar your best bet is madinter.com. They're spanish so you have the euro thing. Craft supplies are ok but Madinter is much cheaper. If you're building electric most timber suppliers (look in the golden pages for your nearest one) carry sapele or utile (mahogany like woods) and also maple, each about 30 euro per cubic foot (i.e. an 8ft by 8inch by 2inch roughly). Since you're in the south east you should look up the lisnavagh timber project www.irishwoods.com which is in carlow. They grow their own timber, I got some beautiful ash, and sycamore. Sometimes they have some walnut. It's nice to use native timber and some of it is stunning,and not expensive. Good luck richie www.richiehamilton.com Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mattia Posted January 15, 2007 Report Share Posted January 15, 2007 Note: Sapele and Utile make excellent, excellent guitars. As do sycamore (UK-sycamore, ie a maple), ash, walnut, cherry... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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