hittitewarrior Posted October 10, 2012 Report Share Posted October 10, 2012 (edited) I was curious who people tend to use for drop top wood supplier? Has anyone used OregonWildWood.com? They seem to have some pretty drop top sets in their bargain section. My first guitar is poplar, and I'd rather do a clear coat versus painting, so I was looking for something to look a little nicer than poplar (especially the piece I have lol). Any help would be much appreciated. Thanks. Edited October 10, 2012 by hittitewarrior Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jessejames Posted October 10, 2012 Report Share Posted October 10, 2012 I go on ebay for the majority of my wood. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
westhemann Posted October 10, 2012 Report Share Posted October 10, 2012 Drop top or carved top?Nothing special about drop top wood except it shouldn't be more than 1/4" thick or so.Carved tops are different and can be as thick as you want because you don't have to bend them. To be clear,Drop tops are called that because you bend them over the forearm contour.Carved tops just have the contours cut into them by sanding,rasps,finger planes,etc...and most people mean like an LP when they say carved top...a forearm contour is different technically,but it's the same idea. Some people just carve the forearm contour into the body and cover the top with veneer.that works well too Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ScottR Posted October 10, 2012 Report Share Posted October 10, 2012 I like OregonWildWood.com as a vender. I've gotten a nice myrtle burl from them and I know of several other members that use them. SR Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hittitewarrior Posted October 10, 2012 Author Report Share Posted October 10, 2012 Thanks for the info guys. I definitely mean drop top (although I was not aware that they bent the wood over the forearm curve... I did wonder how to do that). How do you go about bending it? Or does the thickness just lend itself to the "subtle" curve? My body blank is too thick to begin with, and I do not have the equipment to handle taking care of a veneer yet (vacuum system) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pan_kara Posted October 10, 2012 Report Share Posted October 10, 2012 I don't thing you need a vacuum system to do veneer - I did one already following the tutorial on this site, and another one is in preparation. I think I remember seeing a thread about bending tops over the forearm cutout too. What I remember is: lots of steam, lost of clamps, go very slowly Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
westhemann Posted October 10, 2012 Report Share Posted October 10, 2012 http://projectguitar.ibforums.com/index.php?showtopic=3564 Nothing about building a guitar is easy,so you should research the tutorials.You will never get a comprehensive reply these days because they guys who have done this(me included) are aware that all the answers you seek are in the tutorials section amongst the pinned topics Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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