realiztik

Thanks for the info guys. The reason I was looking was becasuse I called windsor plywood and asked how much for a 3'x2'x 2" thick slab of maple and they quoted me at 500-1000 dollars. Kinda got discouraged. I don't really have that much money to drop into a project, plus that's without any kinda gear. Just looking to keep the cost down for the first one I build. They said they could laminate me a few pieces together for about $155. I don't know anything about how I would need wood dried or anything. If I needed Poplar then I could go out to my Dad's place. He has HUGE Poplar tree's there, and I'm sure he wouldn't mind me cutting one down, but then comes the drying thing again..... and I'm pretty sure my g/f won't allow me to bake some slab of wood in our oven!

I know that this might seem like a kind of strange question, but has anyone out there tried binding 2x4's or 2x2's for the body of their guitar? Or will this just make the sound terrible? I'm just looking into all this and haven't heard of anyone mention this at all... maybe because it's a bad idea, but I had to throw it out there.