vanhorton Posted December 26, 2007 Report Share Posted December 26, 2007 hey guys, im new around here and im hoping to start on my first real project. ive been playing guitar for about 7 years now and have tinkered with them in the past, mostly just swapping pickups and necks and i did route 2 of my guitars for floyds, but this is my first big project. i want to make a neck-thru explorer. i have a bunch of parts ordered off stew mac and i am slowly gathering all the materials i need. but i am having a huge problem finding a blody blank thats big enough, id like a 2 piece unglued alder or mahogany blank so i dont have to cut it in half or anything. id even settle for 3 pieces i could glue together to get the right shape, but i cant find anywhere that has them big enough or is willing to cut them big enough. any advice? sorry for the lengthy post. thanks a lot. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CrazyManAndy Posted December 26, 2007 Report Share Posted December 26, 2007 (edited) Try giving Gallery Hardwoods a call. http://www.galleryhardwoods.com CMA (P.S. It would be helpful to know your location.) Edited December 26, 2007 by CrazyManAndy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WezV Posted December 26, 2007 Report Share Posted December 26, 2007 this is what i do the guitar in the picture is a smaller sized explorer but i have done the same thing with full size ones - although i think i had to add an extra bit to the lower horn as well. wont work with a stew mac black since they come already glued you can get wider blanks from most places other than stew-mac who are very standardised - just got to ask, usually costs more though and i usually use normal sized blanks like shown above edit... hold on a second.. if you are building a through neck you should be fine with a normal unglued two piece body blank!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vanhorton Posted December 26, 2007 Author Report Share Posted December 26, 2007 yea thanks for the help. last night i was looking around on the web and found some pictures that inspired me haha. i thought maybe i should actually draw up the size of the blank and see whats what and it turns out it will be fine i just might have to use the outer edges of the blank for the inner edges of the wings if you know what i mean. thanks again for the help and once i get it all here i will defiantly start a project thread! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geo Posted December 27, 2007 Report Share Posted December 27, 2007 Try these guys. I got a blank from them that was perfectly machined. http://www.mammothguitars.com/bodyblanks.php Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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