Thread: Electric Bass Guitars

Bobish, you could do a lot worse than use ash, or alder, or poplar. There are quite a few ash timbers in aust, Claret ash, Victorian ash or you could get some imported woods from Gilet Guitars. They have a site for guitar makers / luthiers

Regards Mike

Try Anagote timbers in Marrickville NSW, they have a good selection of suitable timber. There's even a helpful staff member (Tim) who makes electric guitars (and basses, I think) He could point you in the right direction. And they're way cheaper than Gilet's.

depend s on what u want from yr guitar

for australia stuff check out

www.maton.com.au

www.giletguitars.com.au for their luthiers supply list

an eaxmple of the cost for basic wood for a bass would be

solid body -Bass Wood (2 pieces) $66
neck - Rock Maple Bass $55
fingerbaord - Indian Rosewood $37

so its about 140 for the wood, u can get the neck slotted for another 22 buck but u gotta do all the machining, shaping, finsihng gluing etc..

then plus whatever for the bridge, net, tuners and pickups...

about 200 or so, and its 350 for the basic componenets of a quality instrument

http://www.scottwise.net/ has some nice basses, river bankisia and wandoo

and check noyces site

http://www.noyceguitars.com/Products...lphinbass.html

for his blackwood basses...

A standard config would be

basswood body
mahogany neck
rosewood fingerbord

better would be

blackwood body
qld maple neck
ebony finger baord

also check out www.stewmac.com

for bridges, pickups, tuners etc and stuff

plus

www.lmii.com

for international supplies

there are some cheap kits online...

hope this helps

cheeers

G'day.

Gilet Guitars also have a small advert in the Classifieds in the Australian Woodworker mag. They list stuff for solid body & acoustic guitars.

Check out their web site for more info.