budbostick Posted February 26, 2004 Report Share Posted February 26, 2004 I was just wondering if anybody knows a good place to get pieces of chechen wood so I can make a top for an explorer style guitar. Thanks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skibum5545 Posted February 26, 2004 Report Share Posted February 26, 2004 Ebay I got a small piece from thewoodjunkie, for a box inlay (it was 6inx30inx3/8 thick). He might be able to hook you up with a guitar top. By the way, what are the tonal qualities of it? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skibum5545 Posted February 27, 2004 Report Share Posted February 27, 2004 also check out these guys. Call them, not email, the people there are really helpful. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
asm Posted February 27, 2004 Report Share Posted February 27, 2004 http://cookwoods.com/5_Unique_Rare.htm 3/4 the way down. i think they have a minimum though, i forget what it is, maybe 50$? awesome people to deal with, bought alot of mape from them once. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
asm Posted February 27, 2004 Report Share Posted February 27, 2004 By the way, what are the tonal qualities of it? they say "nearly as dense as cocobola". probably near the same. pretty nice looking stuff too! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skibum5545 Posted February 27, 2004 Report Share Posted February 27, 2004 Sorry to keep reviving this post, but I thought this was relevant: This box was our project before the bass I'm building. sides are maple. and the top and bottom insides are teak-veneered lauan (same as the big slab of lauan the box is sitting on). The top is a slab of chechen. The whole thing was finished with Deft Semi-gloss laquer. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daveq Posted February 27, 2004 Report Share Posted February 27, 2004 awesome people to deal with, bought alot of mape from them once CookWoods? Really? I've tried three times to order wood from them. Each time, she says that the person I need is in the warehouse and will call back. I tried calling them back twice and got the same. I don't know if it's because I'm not ordering a truck load (they ask each time how much wood I'm looking for) or what? Maybe I should try one more time? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
asm Posted February 27, 2004 Report Share Posted February 27, 2004 awesome people to deal with, bought alot of mape from them once CookWoods? Really? I've tried three times to order wood from them. Each time, she says that the person I need is in the warehouse and will call back. I tried calling them back twice and got the same. I don't know if it's because I'm not ordering a truck load (they ask each time how much wood I'm looking for) or what? Maybe I should try one more time? strange. its a family owned company "guy and his wife" she probably didnt know to much about techincal stuff so she had to get him to asnwer your questions. same thing happened here. but they called me back in a couple of hours. dunno. how much were you looking at getting? i got about 120$ slab of maple. look at the stuff they are bringing in. http://cookwoods.com/WarehouseSnapshots.htm cha ching. its probabably pretty easy to forget to call someone back who didnt want 2000$ worth of ebony or something. id give them another try, once you finally get ahold of someone they are more than welcome to help. t Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StreamLine Posted February 28, 2004 Report Share Posted February 28, 2004 lol, when i saw the title i thought you meant these Chechen terrorist bastards! cool wood though. weird name Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tdog Posted February 28, 2004 Report Share Posted February 28, 2004 budbostick....How much Chechen do you need?......I may have some in my stash.....I've got a big board that I think is Chechen(most likely is, but I haven't even thought about it in more than 5 years!)........If it is Chechen....it is 4/4 stock @10in wide........ I can cut and resaw what you need.....I'll check in the AM......E-mail me or post your dimensions and I see what I can dig up. Greg Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jimmyb Posted March 2, 2004 Report Share Posted March 2, 2004 budbostick..........did you email the guy? just thought i would bump it up for your help Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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