mistermikev Posted September 26, 2020 Report Share Posted September 26, 2020 I visity my local lumberyard quite a bit and always on the lookout for good stuff... last week I bought some fairly figured 8/4 maple that is nice... but today I scored the best piece I've ever got from them. 4/4 x 8" x 12' of this for $4/bd ft. had to work for it tho... had to rearrange a pile to get 15 layers down... but totally worth it! anywho... just wanted to share. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bizman62 Posted September 26, 2020 Report Share Posted September 26, 2020 My local lumber yards within 50 km only have pine and spruce in various forms and treatments and potentially some birch, maybe aspen for sauna benches. Where's that "envy" emoji when I need it? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mistermikev Posted September 26, 2020 Author Report Share Posted September 26, 2020 6 hours ago, Bizman62 said: My local lumber yards within 50 km only have pine and spruce in various forms and treatments and potentially some birch, maybe aspen for sauna benches. Where's that "envy" emoji when I need it? well... spruce is pretty cool. birch can be beautiful if you find a figured piece. you just need to start doing acoustics! well sir... I'm a very fortunate person. really, most of the lumber yards I've gone to... you really have to hunt to find anything figured. there is a place that has birdseye and such but it's $14/bd ft. this place - peterman lumber - they are great. everything is very reasonable. I've been trying to visit freq because I don't want to have to dig thru the piles so much - esp the 8/4 x 12'. That's hard for just 1 guy. Really starting to get a good stack going! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ADFinlayson Posted September 26, 2020 Report Share Posted September 26, 2020 So jealous of the fact that you lot over the pond can just bimble down to your local yard and pick up highly figured maple when I have to import it for hundreds 1 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
komodo Posted September 26, 2020 Report Share Posted September 26, 2020 IDK - I've certainly ventured into a wood place and found a deal on something figured, but it's not common. Once I found a large 8/4 board like Mike's at a flooring mill. They didn't want it because it didn't match the plain stuff. lol Most of my finds have been dedicated wood sellers on ebay. Mike, what kind of maple is yours? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mistermikev Posted September 26, 2020 Author Report Share Posted September 26, 2020 1 hour ago, ADFinlayson said: So jealous of the fact that you lot over the pond can just bimble down to your local yard and pick up highly figured maple when I have to import it for hundreds i hear ya brother... but I suspect there are some things you could get in your neck of the woods that are unobtanium to me... like all those dark wood tops you get. haven't found a good source for that yet, but just gotta work to my strengths here and take what I can get for deals. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mistermikev Posted September 26, 2020 Author Report Share Posted September 26, 2020 35 minutes ago, komodo said: IDK - I've certainly ventured into a wood place and found a deal on something figured, but it's not common. Once I found a large 8/4 board like Mike's at a flooring mill. They didn't want it because it didn't match the plain stuff. lol Most of my finds have been dedicated wood sellers on ebay. Mike, what kind of maple is yours? that particular one is soft maple. there is a ton of soft maple at the place I go to... and always a few pieces that are at least 3A. They also have a ton of hard maple and walnut but so far it's rare to find well figured boards in those. they have a lot of 'FAS' wood which up until yesterday I thought was finished all sides... turns out it's "firsts and seconds" meaning the first and second choice pieces of wood. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ADFinlayson Posted September 26, 2020 Report Share Posted September 26, 2020 1 hour ago, mistermikev said: i hear ya brother... but I suspect there are some things you could get in your neck of the woods that are unobtanium to me... like all those dark wood tops you get. haven't found a good source for that yet, but just gotta work to my strengths here and take what I can get for deals. Ah I'm afraid you do, ziricote is native to central america, the guy I buy from is in North Carolina, I bet you pay a lot less for it than I do! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mistermikev Posted September 26, 2020 Author Report Share Posted September 26, 2020 3 minutes ago, ADFinlayson said: Ah I'm afraid you do, ziricote is native to central america, the guy I buy from is in North Carolina, I bet you pay a lot less for it than I do! I'm guessing it's a bit expensive either way. I've been meaning to visit one of these live edge places as they have native rosewood and mesquite and other desert woods... just haven't had the chance but sooner or later I'll fulfill that itch there (hopefully!) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ScottR Posted September 28, 2020 Report Share Posted September 28, 2020 My local hardware source has ziricote and ebony and koa and so on rough cut bay the pallet.... and it might as well be gold. I pick and chose and bite a lot of bullets. It is typical for my to spend $140 on an ebony board. But if I'm careful and lucky I'll get 6 fretboards out of it. SR 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ADFinlayson Posted September 28, 2020 Report Share Posted September 28, 2020 8 hours ago, ScottR said: My local hardware source has ziricote and ebony and koa and so on rough cut bay the pallet.... and it might as well be gold. I pick and chose and bite a lot of bullets. It is typical for my to spend $140 on an ebony board. But if I'm careful and lucky I'll get 6 fretboards out of it. SR Ziricote at the lumber yard Fancy selling me a neck blank Scott? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ScottR Posted September 28, 2020 Report Share Posted September 28, 2020 I can take a look. You'll likely have to laminate it, I don't recall any pieces thick enough to make a one piece neck from. Here's their website. https://www.clarkshardwood.com/ SR Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mistermikev Posted September 28, 2020 Author Report Share Posted September 28, 2020 14 hours ago, ScottR said: My local hardware source has ziricote and ebony and koa and so on rough cut bay the pallet.... and it might as well be gold. I pick and chose and bite a lot of bullets. It is typical for my to spend $140 on an ebony board. But if I'm careful and lucky I'll get 6 fretboards out of it. SR jeebus... my wife has been trying to get me to move to houston (she has friends there and can live anywhere for her job) and this might be the thing to push me over the edge!!! koa??? ziricote and ebony PALLETS? sounds like a wonderland. we may be neighbors soon assuming you will share your secret spot w me!! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mistermikev Posted September 28, 2020 Author Report Share Posted September 28, 2020 58 minutes ago, ScottR said: I can take a look. You'll likely have to laminate it, I don't recall any pieces thick enough to make a one piece neck from. Here's their website. https://www.clarkshardwood.com/ SR ok well I guess the secret is out!! kind of love texas for a number of reasons - I so miss the rain. I would have to give up my job and I rather like it... and I'd also have to give up those lovely 120deg summers but that's a sacrifice I'd be willing to make. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ScottR Posted September 28, 2020 Report Share Posted September 28, 2020 3 hours ago, mistermikev said: ok well I guess the secret is out!! kind of love texas for a number of reasons - I so miss the rain. I would have to give up my job and I rather like it... and I'd also have to give up those lovely 120deg summers but that's a sacrifice I'd be willing to make. You'd trade 120 degrees for 98 at 90% humidity.....at least in my part of Texas. It does rain here. Usually. We've dodged 4 hurricanes so far this summer and got no rain, then last week a little tropical storm passed by and gave me 7.5", SR 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mistermikev Posted September 28, 2020 Author Report Share Posted September 28, 2020 2 hours ago, ScottR said: You's trade 120 degrees for 98 at 90% humidity.....at least in my part of Texas. It does rain here. Usually. We've dodged 4 hurricanes so far this summer and got no rain, then last week a little tropical storm passed by and gave me 7.5", SR hehe, yeah that hardly seems like a good trade. Either is brootalz! then there's the flooding part (I remember how flooding works with amps and such... it's not fun!) 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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