Davis guitars Posted February 27, 2007 Report Share Posted February 27, 2007 (edited) well i start off telling u guys that im making a guitar for my wood tech 2 class but the wood selection is not that great 2"oak 2"poplat7/8"maple 1"willow 1"cherry 1"ash and thats pretty much it but most of the boards arent any wider than 6" so im asking do u guys think the guitar would look alright useing 3pieces of walnut and 3 piece of maple or should i just use the oak and make a bolt on neck (oak is 2"x8"x40) with the 3 pieces of maple?oh yeah is oak an ok would 2 use? Edited February 27, 2007 by Davis guitars Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cherokee6 Posted February 27, 2007 Report Share Posted February 27, 2007 My .02 (for what it's worth): stick with the walnut and maple. You chances of having better tone are with those if the sizes are adequate. You may check on the recent thread by a member on using oak. It's in the solid body chat within the last week. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Davis guitars Posted February 27, 2007 Author Report Share Posted February 27, 2007 k thnks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mattia Posted February 27, 2007 Report Share Posted February 27, 2007 Cherry, ash, walnut and maple (poplar's fine if you want a solid colour) are all decent choices. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Davis guitars Posted February 28, 2007 Author Report Share Posted February 28, 2007 kewl thanks but that leaves me with 1 my orginal quiting how many pieces is the most i should do for a guitar? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peterhanson Posted February 28, 2007 Report Share Posted February 28, 2007 this many http://www.zacharyguitars.com/SimcoxW20.JPG Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Davis guitars Posted February 28, 2007 Author Report Share Posted February 28, 2007 this many http://www.zacharyguitars.com/SimcoxW20.JPG ha ha lol is that the guy that made the guitar out of pine? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mattia Posted February 28, 2007 Report Share Posted February 28, 2007 I'd go for symmetry, and limit yourself to about 4. Less is better simply because it requires less joinery = less work Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jnewman Posted March 11, 2007 Report Share Posted March 11, 2007 Plenty of Fender's guitars have come with 3-piece bodies for a long time, and there are customs around with tons of pieces in attractive/interesting/strange/bizarre patterns. I think you'll be fine using whatever is easily available to you. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
prs man Posted March 11, 2007 Report Share Posted March 11, 2007 I would stay with 3 pieces as the choice of wood I would go with maple or a combination of maple and walnut.I'm not sure using oak for the body will give you a good tone. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tim_ado Posted March 13, 2007 Report Share Posted March 13, 2007 depending on how much walnut and maple uve got u could try somthing like this not overly crazy but just enough to be sick http://www.rumblebird.de/tigerduck_pics.htm Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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