Thread: Guitar Timbers

Welcome to the forum.

The place who should be able to help with all your guitar needs is "Gilet Guitars" who are in sydney

http://www.giletguitars.com.au/

in Booralee St Botany

Regards Mike

Originally Posted by Auskart

I am looking for a timber supplier in Sydney that can supply Guitar making timbers some of which are,

Ash, Basswood, Mahogany, Rosewood, Maple etc.

Hi Shane, welcome to the Forum. Let me get on my soapbox a bit here: all that imported stuff will be quite expensive, and not necessarily better than native timbers. The Maton website has a section on alternative tonewoods, check out http://www.maton.com.au/timbers.asp

Are you making mainly acoustics or electrics? Your list of timbers would indicate the latter.

Thanks for the replies, I am making Electric.

Looking for timber yards or timber recyclers for timber, the guitar shops and Luthier suppliers tend to be a little over the top with their pricing.

Thanks

yes true thye may be expensive but they are often the top grade of the specific timbers used, ash, alder, maple etc//whihc even in an electric have a strong bearing on tone..an alder electric will always sound good...

in timberyards and recyclers u tend to get what u can find...u might getlucky and find a nice peice, some do..but in general if u want a good guitar, buy the good woods, around 100 $au is good for body and neck...

good blackwood will work for both....
u will need the good quality, well cured and stable pieces for a quality guitar...

good luck

try www.kirbyfinetimbers.com or gillet guitars thanks dvo

David... your link isn't working (

Auskart... I make electric mandos and ukes etc. Fijian mahogany is nice to work with and pleasantly priced, Tassie blackwood makes a great body timber for solidbodies, and Queensland maple makes a nice neck. "Australia oak" is ok for Fender style necks but a bit rough grained. I'm trying some Queensland silver ash at the moment to see what it's like for Fender style necks too. I currently use jarrah for fretboards but I bought a few boards from Stewmac and discovered that rosewood is actually quite soft, so I'm looking for an Aussie equivalent (and am about to make a post in this forum, so stay tuned!).

Originally Posted by JupiterCreek

David... your link isn't working (

http://www.kirbyfinetimber.com

Get good aussie Blackwood from Dennis Brown at corsair sustainable timber Yackendanda (near Albury)