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If you recess the bridge, angling the neck is unessesary???

VK interested in what your lumber cost are like , being in the Pacific NW I would think lumber comes cheaper. I'm in Buffalo NY and I paid $50 for a little less than 2"thick 9"x7' slab of cherry and the mahogony was similarly priced. I thought that was pretty cheap compaired to what I've seen on E-bay and other web sites. Still looking for feedback on Dragon Mountain anyone familiar with this company, (the necks paticularly) please fill me in. IDCH, I too enjoy the scavanging part of it. I'm on the road alot for my job and i'll hit 3 or 4 music shops in one day, check want ads, e-bay, nothin better than right part for a good price.

That's what I wanted to hear, good sounding guitar for around $300.00

thanks for the input guys,,, gotta love the quick responses on this board. Any concerns I had about the cherry are put to rest, as far as the neck goes, I found a nice one on the warmoth site but pricey!!! this little project is getting expensive. $210.00 for a neck? a bit more than I wanted to spend, my fault for not specifying in previous posts that i'm trying to keep the price down. I've already got about $150.00 invested and considering it's my first shot at this, it'll probably sound like crap anyway. I did find a couple on ebay. one is from a company called Dragon Mountain I believe? anyone know anything about DM? price is right (under $100) but I dont want total piece of junk. Or would I be better served going with a japanese copy from the seventies? I've heard that the 70's copies were made well. once again thanks to everyone who responded already, it's helping me big time

I checked the Carvin site and the only necks i see are strat style , and I'm assuming that they are 25 1/2 scale not 24 3/4 scale like a les paul

I have just recently found this message board and I have to say, It's awsome, so many interesting threads though, I keep getting sidetracked. I'm starting to build an LP style Body, trying to keep it simple (one HB pickup at bridge, no switch or tone control just volume) the wood I've selected is cherry (1 13/16" thick) I love the look of the cherry wood but I'm concerned because I never see any guitars made from cherry. Is there a reason for this? other than the expense? my other main concern is getting a decent quality bolt on 24 3/4 scale neck for this project ( I would prefer to set the neck but remember I'm trying to keep it simple) any info would be greatly appreciated, thanks