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  1. You might get some ideas here too: http://www.nordstrandguitars.com/gallery.htm Quite nice pieces.
  2. I now it is hard to tell from those pictures, but there are also some lighter colored streaks that follow those grain lines, also along the edge there are some dents that are also angled... I don't have experience working with african mahogany, but I am quite positive about the grain being angled (I hope I'm just being paranoid)
  3. I have bought 3 pieces of african mahogany neck blanks. Dimensions are 650mm x 85mm x 25mm (about 25.6 x 3.3 x 1 inch), so I ordered three to have for two necks (in case they turn out to be a bit short, since I'm not sure what shape/size of headstock I will use, but it will be angled and neck would be glued in). What makes me worried is direction of grain and a bit of bow in blanks. All blanks have slight bow - when tuned face to face the way that bow gets pronounced in the middle, it is some 3mm (1/8 inch) though it could be solved with planing/sanding and still have enough thickness for making neck out of it. http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v254/ren...itar/mahog1.jpg Boards are not 100% quartersawn, seems to be some angle about 10+ degrees. Top view shows sligth runout toward sides. http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v254/ren...itar/mahog2.jpg Biggest problem is that grain looks like running from top to bottom side at some 10 degrees, in some places it gets quite flatter. http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v254/ren...itar/mahog3.jpg and http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v254/ren...itar/mahog4.jpg I would like to hear suggestions what to do. I also have some 1/4 inch thick piece of rosewood, long and wide enough for laminates. Options might be: 1. To plan/sand all three blanks and glue them with that rosewood in between and then to make one piece neck out of it (actually two of them, other one rotated 180 degrees). That way neck will be almost flatsawn. 2. To cut blank lengthwise into three strips, flip the middle one and laminate with rosewood in between. Scarf joint for headstock and neck that still would be almost quartersawn. 3. To order maple blank from StewMac and save myself lot of time and nerves, but spending more money also makes me nervous 4. ???
  4. You have option of DHL (expensive) and USPS (inexpensive) shipping. Of course, USPS is my choice. When you place your order and choose shipping, it's cost will be imediately calculated ( for thruss rod, tunomatic, fretwire & tuners it was some $17), it arrived in 7 days, and I was quite pleased. With LMII it was different story. They asked me to provide some credit card statement, which I didn't know what it was, in my bank they printed me some document saying that I am owner of that credit card ... blah blah (and they charged me for that) ... but at LMII it was declined because it haven't been written on official bank letterhead... Since I lost my nerves already and didn't want to loose more money and time trying to get appropriate papers, I tried with StewMac and it was perfect. Also you (and others in Europe too) might check http://www.madinter.com from Spain. They have quite cheap mahogany neck blanks and ebony & rosewood fingerboards. Actually, almost all wood is quite cheap. Shipping is a bit expensive, but if you choose Correos (Spanish national postal service), and wait a bit longer, it will be much cheaper than ordering from U.S. Hope it helped a bit. I'm also looking for places with decent prices, ready to deal with our countries.
  5. DrummerDude, I'm from Serbia and StewMac sends goodies here with no problems. Have you tried it?
  6. Maybe the only place to get it all www.ampge.com
  7. This thing makes life much easier CFox neck shaper Taken from CFox Guitars
  8. Hello. As I'm from Europe can someone give me some more info (mostly tone properties - is it same as basswood or close to) about european version" of basswood - Tilia europaea (Linden). We have it plenty here so why order it from U.S. and pay more for shipping than for wood itself. BTW - I found out that it's denser than basswood PS - I'm glad I've found this forum, it's great place for newbies to learn a lot.
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