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Permalink Reply by ChickenboneJohn on September 9, 2014 at 6:27am

I've made about 1200 guitars in my make and play workshops using cheap softwood, and it works just fine, so don't worry..almost any wood will do. Use what you can find, don't go crazy trying to get the "right" stuff..the right stuff is what you can lay your hands on right now.

Wayfinder, as for compressed card fretboards...it's been done - National used it in the 1920 &30s (I think)  combined with phenolic resin...and they also used  plastic (Bakelite) necks, but guess that's  what you were referring to? Neither worked too well, and they didn't stay in production too long.

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Permalink Reply by Tom "Broken E String" Sobieski on September 9, 2014 at 6:31am

All I can get in a 100 mile radius, is pine. Would that work for an electric using a rod piezo pup/ W pre-amp?
Reason I'm asking is because in other places I've been told no way Jose

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Permalink Reply by ChickenboneJohn on September 9, 2014 at 6:42am

Check this ....I think it answers whether a pine neck will be OK....

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Permalink Reply by Ron "Oily" Sprague on September 9, 2014 at 7:38am

Tom,

There have been entire guitars built out of pine, necks and all. If you get the grain running the right way and use 3 strings or less, you can build from pine. More than that, you'll need a truss rod. But it can be done:

http://www.esquire.com/the-side/qa/guitar042307

http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=onZ0o8JaJsU

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Permalink Reply by john mackay on September 9, 2014 at 10:32pm

sent you a pm john. do you have a habit ignoring pms.

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Permalink Reply by Tom "Broken E String" Sobieski on September 9, 2014 at 10:41pm

where would I find it?

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