Purple heart or scarlet oak

[Dan Earp]

Hi guys as above im in need of some wood to make a bass guitar head,

Approx size would be 2" thick by 47" long 25-30" wide please.

If you havent got the above and could suggest others that wood be great.

Thank you

Dan

[se7enthdevil]

Hi guys as above im in need of some wood to make a bass guitar head,

Approx size would be 2" thick by 47" long 25-30" wide please.

If you havent got the above and could suggest others that wood be great.

Thank you

Dan

 

that's a big head for a guitar?

 

did you type that correctly?

[devon TWiG]

For purple heart the only place I can suggest is Yandles in Somerset No idea for Scarlet Oak though !

[Dan Earp]

Cheers👍

[Dan Earp]

that's a big head for a guitar?

 

 

 

did you type that correctly?

 

 

Its right, as itll include the arm and head

[se7enthdevil]

Its right, as itll include the arm and head

 

 

do you mean the neck???

 

 

25-30" is 630mm - 750mm wide...

 

are you making a guitar or a coffee table?

 

 

scarlet oak (quercus coccinea) will be hard to find in that sort of size and even some of our natives will be hard to find at 2 1/2 feet wide.

 

i would suggest for wide boards that you go for beech, ash, doug fir, cedar, sycamore, plane, poplar, elm or an exotic species that can be readily found at that width like iroko, sapele, mahogany, idigbo or bubinga.

 

is it for looks or performance.