camcool Posted July 2, 2004 Report Share Posted July 2, 2004 Does anyone know where I could find some cheap wood that still sounds half decent?? I'm on my first project, (I'm in 7th grade by the way) and I've been doing research for the past year and a half I've practiced wiring on a peice of plywood and that's no problem. Inlaying I'm well enough at to not totally screw my neck I have all electronics purchased (got a great deal on humbucker pickups on Ebay paint isn't an issue, tuners i have also, my school woodshop is letting me use their power tools Pleez help me I need an online dealer forCheap Cheap Cheap Cheap wood Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Devon Headen Posted July 3, 2004 Report Share Posted July 3, 2004 You won't find a "cheap cheap" online dealer. eBay is your best bet online, but the best possible thing is to ind a local lumberyard. You can pick out the board(s) you use, and the prices are better cause you don't have to pay shipping out the wazoo. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Meegs666 Posted July 3, 2004 Report Share Posted July 3, 2004 if you do go the ebay route i would recommend checking out the guy jholden420. he lives in my area and he is moving to texas and auctioning off some beautiful wood (swear to god he had a stack of purpleheart four feet tall when i was in his warehouse). i just won an auction on some of his beautiful korina for 10.50$. its enough to make an entire guitar. he has an amazing stock even if you want to contact him and buy direct becausehe sells cheap too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Devon Headen Posted July 3, 2004 Report Share Posted July 3, 2004 I've bought from him before...good to deal with. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigdguitars Posted July 3, 2004 Report Share Posted July 3, 2004 poplar is the cheapest wood that sounds the best, for the price. you can get some at homedepot Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Devon Headen Posted July 3, 2004 Report Share Posted July 3, 2004 neck wood that's cheapest and sounds best is probably maple. Or you could get colorful with purpleheart. Most places it's only $4/bf or so. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
litchfield Posted July 3, 2004 Report Share Posted July 3, 2004 Purpleheart is a lot like ebony, and WAY cheap. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
charlleyw Posted July 13, 2004 Report Share Posted July 13, 2004 Call around and find a local lumber yard and or cabinet shop. Walk in and tell them what you need, and make sure to poke around in their discards if they'll let you. Since the cabinet shops buy in bulk their scrap is often plenty big enough to build guitars with. Look for a chunk of mahogany, poplar or ash. You should be able to get your wood for twenty dollars or so if you're smart and lucky. Also a cabinet shop should be able to help you with bookmatching and the like. Last week at The hardwood store of north carolina I got a chunk of curly maple big enough to cut a body (or two or three tops) for $10. And I spotted an old moldy looking piece of wood in a pile of spacers from incoming pallets that looked like mahogany. They GAVE it to me, and sure enough. . . it's enough mahogany to make a neck. Good luck. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jehle Posted July 13, 2004 Report Share Posted July 13, 2004 7th grade?!!!! Yeah, definately go to a cabinet maker and tell him that you are building a guitar. I would also stretch the truth and tell them that it's for a school project. I would expect that you might be able to get some wood donated from someone with a story like that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr. Jabsco Posted July 13, 2004 Report Share Posted July 13, 2004 Call around and find a local lumber yard and or cabinet shop. Walk in and tell them what you need, and make sure to poke around in their discards if they'll let you. Since the cabinet shops buy in bulk their scrap is often plenty big enough to build guitars with. Look for a chunk of mahogany, poplar or ash. You should be able to get your wood for twenty dollars or so if you're smart and lucky. Also a cabinet shop should be able to help you with bookmatching and the like. Last week at The hardwood store of north carolina I got a chunk of curly maple big enough to cut a body (or two or three tops) for $10. And I spotted an old moldy looking piece of wood in a pile of spacers from incoming pallets that looked like mahogany. They GAVE it to me, and sure enough. . . it's enough mahogany to make a neck. Good luck. really? thats where i buy from too! where abouts do you live in NC. im in goldsboro. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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