jason f

What type of acoustic are you making and whats this dish thingy ?

What about one of these The Legacy Mill

Thanks , i've just started the second build and don't want to make the same mistakes . Looks like it wasn't one though .

On my first acoustic build the binding went in deeper than the soundboard and the sides meaning that i had to let it into the linings a little . Is this normal or do you rebate it around the linings if this happens ?

Seems you where right , i've just ordered a load more parts and mentioned i wasn't happy with the bracing stock . It seems there was a mix up and they are sending me out some more free of charge .

I'd rather not say who it's from as i am new to this guitar building game and getting quite into it . ( I may need to use them again ) As a joiner the quality of the timber is very bad but i am used to working with flat sawn timber that needs to have a nice finish . When i think about it maybe it's like building a roof out of notty pine because i like the look of it but structualy it's not a very good idea .

Oooops too late , ive started making them from Doug Fir . Also the soundboard from Doug Fir and the back and sides from Wenge . The first guitar is spruce braced and sounding good so it's play time on this one .

Except for the hole that looks fine to me. How well quartersawn is it? If you look at the end grain is the grain running strait up and down?

It's running a little out but not too bad .

I spose it does look like Spruce but it also looks like alot of white wood i have in the workshop .

Thanks for the links . The supplier i got the timber from is on that list but i did explain it was my first build and to be honest i would have sent me the bad stock aswell .

I'm not sure i know enough about guitar building to change from the plan i am using yet and didn't think about the timber having to change sizes .

Hmmmm more to sleep on but it's great fun making them .

I got sent two blocks of wood that i would normally throw on the fire , i paid £20 for them , what's that $40? and one of them had woodworm flight holes . As they where blocks i could quater saw them myself for the bracing . They wouldn't plane to a nice finish ( they furred up and had to be sanded smooth ) I don't think it was Spruce but thats what i ordered .

I do have some western red cedar that is very light , i was suprised when i picked it up . Maybe that will be better for the bracing as the Wenge is very heavy .

It's not a case of looking around the workshop for anything i can use to save a few quid it's more that i have so much left over stock from my carpentry and joinery business that it kills me to pay £20 for 4p worth of timber .

Spruce maybe easy to find in the states but over here in the UK it's like rocking horse dodo . At least it is to my suppliers .

Yes i agree wenge wouldn't make good bracing now i think about it . What about Douglas Fir for all the bracing ?

I made my first guitar out of wenge with spruce bracing and a spruce soundboard and it has a real nice very loud sound to it .

First off hello everyone

I've just started my second acoustic guitar and after getting what looked like packing crate material from the suppliers for the bracing i thought i would use some stock from my joinery workshop . I've read that the back bracing can be the same material as the back ( in this case Wenge) But i cant find any info other than spruce for the sound board bracing .

I have some ;

Douglas Fir

Southern yellow pine

Parana pine

Redwood and whitewood aswell as hardwoods like meranti .

I'd also like to make the soundboard out of Douglas Fir .

Are any of these timbers any good for bracing and soundboard ?