JoryNad Posted May 29, 2004 Report Share Posted May 29, 2004 quick question does cedar work for semi hollow wood? is it light (weight) thats all thx Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
frankie Posted May 29, 2004 Report Share Posted May 29, 2004 cedar???? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoryNad Posted May 29, 2004 Author Report Share Posted May 29, 2004 ceder* lol sorry, is CEDER ok for a semi hollow Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoryNad Posted May 29, 2004 Author Report Share Posted May 29, 2004 no wait i meant ceder Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
weezerboy Posted May 29, 2004 Report Share Posted May 29, 2004 its spelt cedar Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoryNad Posted May 29, 2004 Author Report Share Posted May 29, 2004 yea cedar, k little confused, is cedar ok for a semihollow, is it light? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
weezerboy Posted May 30, 2004 Report Share Posted May 30, 2004 ok, so four pointless posts later from the info that i have found, cedar is more commonly used as a top for acoustics Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Devon Headen Posted May 30, 2004 Report Share Posted May 30, 2004 But Myka's using spruce for his, and spruce it mostly a acoustic wood. I'd say try it. Probably sound pretty good. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Curtis P Posted May 30, 2004 Report Share Posted May 30, 2004 i thought cedar had a sap in it like pine?? wouldnt that make it warp over time, much like pine? Curtis Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
westhemann Posted May 30, 2004 Report Share Posted May 30, 2004 cedar is what we use around here for furniture and fenceposts...bugs don't like it and it doesn't rot like other woods...it is much more useful than pine... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoryNad Posted June 1, 2004 Author Report Share Posted June 1, 2004 ok how thin can a semi hollow be with out it being ridiculously hard to build, and is pine good for semis? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Morben Guitars Posted June 1, 2004 Report Share Posted June 1, 2004 ok how thin can a semi hollow be with out it being ridiculously hard to build, and is pine good for semis? Depends on your neck joint (neck through, tenon, bolt on?) as well as the necessary depth for your specific pickups. Since the main purpose of building a semi-hollow electric is to reduce weight, hollowing out a thinner body will have less of an effect. I went with the standard 1.75" thickness (1/4" cap on a 1.5" body). You probably wouldn't have any issues going with a 1.25" body and a 1/4 cap, but I don't know that I'd go much thinner than that. Per your pine question, we just had a post about this. Can you build a guitar out of pine? Sure. Would I ever recommend it? No. There are many other woods of similar price with much better qualities. Alder and Basswood come to mind. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoryNad Posted June 1, 2004 Author Report Share Posted June 1, 2004 cheers! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Curtis P Posted June 2, 2004 Report Share Posted June 2, 2004 oops, i was mistaking cedar with something else then, nevermind my post then Curtis Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
westhemann Posted June 2, 2004 Report Share Posted June 2, 2004 well cedar does have alot of sap....and it is flameable like crazy,but once dried, planed,and finished it holds up quite well...and has a lovely red color but it will pull apart at the grain... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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