RGman Posted July 13, 2007 Report Share Posted July 13, 2007 Has anyone here used black cherry for a guitar body before? I have about enough for one body, seems like a nice tonewood. Also, has anyone ever made a guitar with a body such as maple or black cherry and use timbers like Mahogany and similar tonewoods for the neck? *sorry for any grammar errors, big night last night* Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gibsonsg26 Posted July 13, 2007 Report Share Posted July 13, 2007 (edited) its worth a shot. Gibson made an ash sg with a mahogany neck that was nice. Ive always wanted to use regular cherry for a body but havent gotten around to it yet. IMO it should sound nice. Also it should look pretty good. good luck george Edited July 13, 2007 by gibsonsg26 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RGman Posted July 13, 2007 Author Report Share Posted July 13, 2007 its worth a shot. Gibson made an ash sg with a mahogany neck that was nice. Ive always wanted to use regular cherry for a body but havent gotten around to it yet. IMO it should sound nice. Also it should look pretty good. good luck george Well that settles it, it will be done. Unfortunately the black cherry i have has weird stains, may have to be a solid finish Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gibsonsg26 Posted July 13, 2007 Report Share Posted July 13, 2007 are they water damage? the oak i built my sg out of got submerged like a 1/2" in water when my basement flooded and got darck stains. You could try to sand them out if there not all the way through. Post some pics so we can all see it im sure some one has a solution. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RGman Posted July 13, 2007 Author Report Share Posted July 13, 2007 (edited) are they water damage? the oak i built my sg out of got submerged like a 1/2" in water when my basement flooded and got darck stains. You could try to sand them out if there not all the way through. Post some pics so we can all see it im sure some one has a solution. They are almost all the way through, i glued the blank up yesterday, should have most of the routing done by today. It cut from the same stuff i used to make my LP jr body (where ever that thread is), which was mistakingly marked as Elm, later finding out it was cherry. Edited July 13, 2007 by RGman Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gibsonsg26 Posted July 13, 2007 Report Share Posted July 13, 2007 thats cool it was the same on my oak i just avoided the areas that had damge though so youd never know looking at the body. Hope it turns out good. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ihocky2 Posted July 13, 2007 Report Share Posted July 13, 2007 Post some pictures, it very well may turn out nice. It might be something that with a darker colored stain you won't notice. Don't cover that nice of wood with paint without trying a few options first. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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