Not to mention they tend to infect. A lot.
A week or so ago I found some mention of companies selling / exporting bamboo plywood. Maybe that's an option?
I looked into the plywood it's waaaaaaaaay to expensive for what im willing to pay, I emailed juergen the luthier from the link I gave he replied to my email really a nice guy.
thx, from your mail I couldnt see where you live, so some addresses here:
http://www.bamboocraft.net/poles_raw_materials.html
http://www.alles-bambus.de/
http://www.bambus-conbam.de/bambusrohre.html
As to working with bamboo, the easiest will be if you order some pre-fabricated bamboo boards then you do not need to laminate individual strips, which are hard to get.
Due to the long fibers, bamboo has the tendency to splinter, so you need to be careful if you want to use the router.
if you have additional questions, feel free to mail
Bamboo, sounds good to me!
Juergen
the links are in german, but that's alright im sure I can work through that. I also found a Youtube user Center77 he made guitars using bamboo I messaged him, he replied with this.
I tried to reply to your comment but there was some kind of error.
For bamboo neck blanks (another other stuff) email oafstore@myfairpoint.net Tom at Oakland Axe Factory is great to work with.
I looked up that Oakland axe factory really really unique and beautiful guitars, I liked his story about why he got into building guitars also gave me a good laugh. However I'm going to contact all of these leads to get this project going the 7 string telecaster will be a reality!