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Permalink Reply by Swamp Dawg Primal Music on March 5, 2012 at 12:33pm

OK, the git's built using "silver fir" for the neck, measures 4cm X 3cm. Ive strung it with light electric strings "ADG" open tuned to FCF. less than 1mm of bowing off the bat, I'll check it again for the next month. Light as hell, and nice feeling with a nice coat of beeswax.

Permalink Reply by Ron "Oily" Sprague on March 9, 2012 at 9:15pm

Squalo,

 

Did Filbo work out for you?

 

Glad to see you got some wood for a neck. Looks like silver fir is not a bad choice. Here's a backgrounder on the native woods available in your area, from a German chemist working for BASF:

 

http://www.wolman.de/en/infocenter_wood/from_tree_to_wood/wood_spec...

 

Permalink Reply by QGolden on April 6, 2012 at 1:48pm

How about looking at second hand and used furniture stores?  I can sometimes score a nice chunk of hardwood by buying an old hardwood table that is too damaged for the shopkeeper to sell.. Some table tops are better then a half inch (12mm) thick and square legs are up to 2 x 2. Can rip a few necks out of an old 4 legged table.  I scored a nice 8 foot oak table from the outside back of a thrift store.  When I spotted it and inquired about it, they said they were going to throw it out as it was too damaged for sale.  I am still cutting pieces of 100 year old oak off of it for various projects.

Permalink Reply by Wiley Rutledge on April 6, 2012 at 3:03pm

Lucky DAWG!!!!

Permalink Reply by Steve wootten on April 9, 2012 at 6:50am

awsome ive been a d.d for years now ive got to use a hook cause im not as limber as i use to be but i still find some great junk in dumpersters keek up the good job

Permalink Reply by Joe Surmuta on April 25, 2012 at 5:35am

I have the same problem in the Dominican Republic finding hard wood. I went to the hardware store and bought some pickaxe handles that were made of ash. They came rounded so I had to file down the top leaving the backside with the nice rounded shape it came with. It worked out pretty good for me.

Permalink Reply by QGolden on April 28, 2012 at 12:26am

Yes Sir! That is the way to do it. Sometimes you gotta' use your imagination. Seeing below the surface.

Permalink Reply by Johnny Chicken on April 28, 2012 at 1:00am

If you can find a wood baseball bat just cut it down their made of hard woods some are plenty long enough

for a neck or at least a finger board to laminat, good luck

Permalink Reply by QGolden on April 28, 2012 at 1:17am

Excellent thought! They are usually made from Eastern Ash or sometimes Maple.

Permalink Reply by mark bellamy on May 1, 2012 at 12:29am

just for future reference, I was attached to a ranger unit in Italy and there are stores like lowes or home depot in italy and most will ship to you by mail.  here are some:

http://www.bricofer.it/

http://www.obi-italia.it/it/

http://www.edibrico.it/

Mark

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