Thread: aussie timber for neck?

justinrasta
I` ve used Silky Oak as a top for my second build.Still have lots of offcuts around..
I don`t like this timber.Very hard to finish....maybe a had bad pieces...looks nice, but not perfect for my taste..Like, there are still some bumps, doesn`t matter how long you sand it..and for neck- I don`t know...I don`t trust it)Maybe I`m wrong))

Originally Posted by dadovfor

We can take my ute (or van). Can't be fairer than that!!

we will need the ute to haul all the wood that you buy me back to my place

Originally Posted by justinrasta

Hey mate you should try some Silky Oak just make sure you get it quarter cut. A really lovely dappled wood and a lovely colour.

Justo

silky is soft...
and i would say you will have a fair amount of tear out while shaping it,
necks are always a pain to shape

Hi Arncliffe,

I reckon you have posted an interesting query here......oz timber similar tonally to rock maple? Hmmmm......I reckon Tas Myrtle is a good start as others have stated. I understand maple to be used as a bright timber to compliment warm timbers such as mahogany. If you could get hold of GIDGEE or MULGA or WANDOO or BRIGALOW or MYALL I reckon you'd have to be in with a show as these are used in OZ as fretboard timbers and are very hard....maple is also used as a fretboard timber as we all know.

I've often wondered whether there is an Oz timber in this category also. Bob, any suggestions other than Tas Myrtle?

Good luck with the bass Arncliffe.

Hi Jon, first Happy New Year.
As for tasmanian timbers suitable for necks, I have customers that use myrtle, blackwood, silver and black wattle, Sassafras, Eucalyptus, celery top.
a lot of my customers are doing laminated necks. another couple of timbers of interest are leatherwood and horizontal both tried with great success.
Cheers,Bob

Originally Posted by EtherealGuitars

Hi Arncliffe,

I reckon you have posted an interesting query here......oz timber similar tonally to rock maple? Hmmmm......I reckon Tas Myrtle is a good start as others have stated. I understand maple to be used as a bright timber to compliment warm timbers such as mahogany. If you could get hold of GIDGEE or MULGA or WANDOO or BRIGALOW or MYALL I reckon you'd have to be in with a show as these are used in OZ as fretboard timbers and are very hard....maple is also used as a fretboard timber as we all know.

I've often wondered whether there is an Oz timber in this category also. Bob, any suggestions other than Tas Myrtle?

Good luck with the bass Arncliffe.

EtherealGuitars -thanks))I saw your website, you make beautiful guitars)

I would change tone sounds samples thou..They kill everything.I`ve listened a few bass
sound clips, and I could only guess how beautiful bass itself is behind ..hm..not professional playing.I can play it for you if you wantI`m pro bass player since I was 18,
I`m 50 now, still playing,still gigging ...can make you (just for fun))soundclips sounding like Wooten-Jaco-Clarke-Miller-Larry Graham, Flea, Shihan...you name it))
And, I`ve listened Toneflow 12 String very first clip, clean.It`s slightly out of tune.Sound of your product-it`s the most important presentation (i think)), better presentation- you win))

Ps-oh..those chambered bodies you have on your website...Amazing..made me thinking ...I`ll try to do something like that with my build))

Stick around and you will see there is a lot of great builders in this forum.
Regards,Bob

[ you make beautiful guitars)



Ps-oh..those chambered bodies you have on your website...Amazing..made me thinking ...I`ll try to do something like that with my build))
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woodturner777 Thanks)I`ve got lots of info about aussie builders..
Jeff Mallia`s a King, I think)I`ve played for an hour his fodera-style bass couple of years ago- oh my god....all I can say..If I would want fodera for myself one day- I`ll go to him.
I`ll meet him one day- we have a few common friends)One of those friends have a very very old Fender P-bass with a very very bad neck split..He wants it to be fixed by Jeff only,and I`m going to be there too))

Arncliffe, As well as Jon of Ethereal Guitars I suggest you check out Peter Brown excellent workmanship, thread Peter Brown Multiscale singlecut, also go back a page check out Stu work user name oz tradie of bluestone guitars fame carvetop firebird, there is other great builders in this forum sorry if I have missed them all, and there is also some great builders on the way.
Regards,Bob

Originally Posted by arncliffe

woodturner777 Thanks)I`ve got lots of info about aussie builders..
Jeff Mallia`s a King, I think)I`ve played for an hour his fodera-style bass couple of years ago- oh my god....all I can say..If I would want fodera for myself one day- I`ll go to him.
I`ll meet him one day- we have a few common friends)One of those friends have a very very old Fender P-bass with a very very bad neck split..He wants it to be fixed by Jeff only,and I`m going to be there too))

Thanks for your kind words Arncliffe and I do appreciate the feedback regarding the tone clips. I will be re-recording most of these in the near future. Most of them are too long and I also need to reduce the file sizes.

HNY to you to Bob

Jon

How would this work.?
Old growth eucalyptus very light cream in colour,very dense species as the centre of the neck and then laminate nice figured timber with good colour top and bottom.
Interested to see what you all feel about this.
Regards,Bob

Sorry, I didn`t know where to post this question...I`m going to get some burl in a couple of weeks from one of my friends.I don`t know anything about it- what`s the name color ect..
All I know- it`s going to be around 600mm long, 200mm wide and 40 mm thick.
Where in Sydney I can slice it to make at least two bookmatched boards?I talked to the guy at Anagote, and he `s not sure their bandsaw is good enough for burl...

I get all my billets resawn at Gilet guitars in botany. They rip it and finish it with a beast of a drum sander so the tops are ready to go. Don't know if they will do burl, however worth a call. They charge by the hour. Go and riffle through their stock while you are there. They have some real nice fretboards. Yum. here is their website

Gilet Guitars : Official Site

Cheers,

Peter

If he is resawing high figured blackwood, resawing burl should not be a problem.
Cheers,Bob