Angus89 Posted April 23, 2007 Report Share Posted April 23, 2007 where is a good place to buy mahogany neck blanks I am wanting a big enough piece where I can cut the headstock angle without a scarf joint on a side note what species of mahogany does gibson use. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Acousticraft Posted April 23, 2007 Report Share Posted April 23, 2007 Stew Mac sells mahogany neck blanks. The other option is to try a local timber merchant. http://www.stewmac.com/shop/Bodies,_necks,...Neck_Blank.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
biliousfrog Posted April 23, 2007 Report Share Posted April 23, 2007 if you had your location field filled in somebody might be able to point you to a local timber yard Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mattharris75 Posted April 23, 2007 Report Share Posted April 23, 2007 Since you are looking for a chunk large enough to cut an angled headstock out of you might be better off laminating a few pieces of wood together to get you a large enough blank. It will probably be cheaper that way and as an added bonus it will be stronger as well. There are lots of places that sell 1" neck blanks, but for a 13 degree headstock angle you're going to need closer to 2.5" of depth. Which is why I say laminate. If you try to purchase 3 1" neck blanks to laminate it will be pretty expensive, so if you can find some rough lumber locally and have access to a planer and joiner then that will be your best and cheapest alternative. It took me quite a while to find a place local to me, all I can say is keep searching. Look in the phone book, talk with woodworkers that you know, not just guitar builders, etc, etc. And as Bilious Frog said, post your location in your profile. Someone might know of a place nearby you. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marcovis Posted April 23, 2007 Report Share Posted April 23, 2007 If you want a one piece neck, there are a lot of places selling "set neck" blanks that are generally 3x3x30. I have got them in the past from exoticwoods.com, gilmerwood.com, alliedlutherie.com, and there are many others. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doug Posted April 23, 2007 Report Share Posted April 23, 2007 Gallery Hardwoods... Larry will make them any size, and if you want to laminate he even runs them through the thickness sander. Whenever I need something really special. -Doug Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Angus89 Posted April 23, 2007 Author Report Share Posted April 23, 2007 Thanks for all the advice I really apreciate it I'll see what I can come up with cheers. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ToddW Posted April 23, 2007 Report Share Posted April 23, 2007 (edited) I buy most of my wood from the Hardwood Store of North Carolina. They have a web special of 10sq feet of 1/4" any species delivered UPS for about $35. That isn't cheap compared to buying it locally, but it's already resawn and planed! If you ask for 40" boards, it'd be enough to laminate a couple of neck throughs. I'd personally spend $70, and ask for two species. Actually, I did just order Maple and Bubinga that way. They usually only do domestics on the special, but I had driven down for Bubinga a week ago after they emailed me it was in stock, and when I showed up, a local merchant had just been in and bought their entire 150 or so BF. So they gave me the special on Bubinga. But you could get mahogany and Maple, or Walnut, or Cherry. It'd be a pretty laminate! Todd Oh, their website is Hardwoodstore.com. Edited April 23, 2007 by ToddW Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mammoth guitars Posted April 23, 2007 Report Share Posted April 23, 2007 where is a good place to buy mahogany neck blanks I am wanting a big enough piece where I can cut the headstock angle without a scarf joint on a side note what species of mahogany does gibson use. We build those to order. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Desopolis Posted April 24, 2007 Report Share Posted April 24, 2007 your local lumber yard usually has a good selection.. Austin has 2! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J_48_Johnson Posted April 24, 2007 Report Share Posted April 24, 2007 +1 for Larry at Gallery Hardwoods. He will cut/make you what you want andyou will not be disappointed with your blank when you get it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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