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5th June 2012, 11:53 PM #1New Member
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Hello,
I am trying to build an all WA solid body guitar (timberwise anyways). I am going with sheoak for the body and a slice from a 50 yr old wandoo power pole crossarm for a fingerboard.
I am hung up on what to use for a neck wood. I would use sheoak but according to the Forrest products commission, sheoak has a lower modulus of elasticity (stiffness) than even pine.
I am looking for what appears to be a rare wood in WA. Something that is stiff, not very heavy, and stable (and available). Has anyone used a WA timber to build a guitar neck? If so how did it go, and would you do it again? If you havent, can you think of a timber that might work?
thanks
-Jeremy
Forest Products Commission: Plantations: Species information: Native forests: WA sheoak
Forest Products Commission: Plantations: Species information: Plantations: Radiata pine
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6th June 2012, 07:56 PM #2
Tim Spittle who runs Australian Tonewoods is over your way and would be the person to talk to about WA woods. Over the years Ive bought some nice desert woods off him.
Whatever note you blow youre never more than a semitone away from the correct one....(Miles Davis)
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6th June 2012, 09:40 PM #3Retired
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you could also try Neale or Carla at Timber Merchants - Timber Merchants of Wholesale Timber
Really nice people to do business with and will let you know what will work.
regards Bob
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7th June 2012, 12:07 AM #4New Member
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7th June 2012, 06:25 PM #7Retired
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