IS STEAMED BEECH-HARDWOOD TIMBER KILN DRIED OK FOR NECKS??
also I bought some tulip wood to be used for necks to.
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rule of thumb : if you can't push a fingernail into the grain then yes....
(sorry Im Australian, and familiar with entirely different trees than you blokes. but this rule will serve you well when scavenging / sourcing wood.)
If you CAN push a fingernail in along the grain then this wood is more suited to a soundboard / top / solid body if its wide enough.
Beech is fine for necks,it's hard and straight grained
got me 12 lengths of beechwood for £24 not bade eh!
1'050mm x 44mm x 24mm. £2 a piece.cheap as chips.
I've got to say, I quite like Tulipwood (yellow poplar)...especially for beginners because it's easy to cut, carve and sand, and takes a finish reasonably well. Yes, it's not top quality "tonewood" stuff (and neither is beech, but that works OK as a neck too), and Harmony used yellow poplar on millions of their guitars necks from the '40s thru to the '70s. As for the wood being soft, you cant get much softer than cedar, yet virtually every traditional flamenco guitar has been made with a cedar neck.
thanks for the info .another question is ash wood good enough for a fret board?
Leo Fender used Swamp Ash in the early years for his guitar bodies until it became very scarce, Ash should be fine :-)
Ash is OK, I've used it as centre laminations for 3 and 5 part necks, more for contrast than strength. However, it is very open grained, and VERY whippy - not ideal for a fretboard, and I wouldn't used it as a full neck. It's tough stuff but it's flexibility and shock resistance means it's often chosen for tool handles, hockey sticks and archery bows...and that needs some bendy wood..I've used ash to make instrument bows with some success.
I use Oak for necks exclusively - all hardwood should do pretty well for fretboards- I use Sapele, Cherry, Maple, Walnut, Beech - they hold the frets in pretty straight and firm, I used Ebony once but was difficult to work with was and not too sure of the results. :-)
neck is sorted now.
I need fretboards now
there's plenty of ash wood @ 6mm-7mm and 10mm but little else at the moment of that size.
I want to make a cbg for my son for Xmas. he can play 6 stringed guitar very well.
he tends to chose tricky tunes to play like stairway to heaven.
so far I've made two but not fretted.
all very well buying them from gitty but its the postage is the killer.
I've manage to or will get 12 pieces of AMERICAN BLACK WALNUT for £26 this inc shipping.
so that worked out at £2 a pop (just over $3 each)
600mm x 50mm x 6mm
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