Electric guitars

[jackdaw]

Around 1982, my Jap manufactured strat .

 

[Stubby]

  se7enthdevil said:

that's interesting to hear of the different species used to make them, i thought that brazilian mahogany was the timber of choice for body blanks.

 

Gibsons ( SG and Les Paul ) are almost always Mahogany . The strat was made with what was avaliable at the time . Pine , swamp Ash ( my favorite ) and when the Swamp Ash ran out Alder . Other woods have been used as mentioned Basswood ( which I have just learnt is lime ! ) I like the combination of Swamp Ash body and one piece Hard Rock Maple for the neck .

[Mike Dempsey]

Here a link that some folk might find interesting. Gibson in 2012 were fined in court 190k dollars for illegal use of imported timber from Madagascar depite being told 2 years earlier that it had not been legally logged.....Gibson settles discord on timber - BBC News

[se7enthdevil]

  Stubby said:

Gibsons ( SG and Les Paul ) are almost always Mahogany . The strat was made with what was avaliable at the time . Pine , swamp Ash ( my favorite ) and when the Swamp Ash ran out Alder . Other woods have been used as mentioned Basswood ( which I have just learnt is lime ! ) I like the combination of Swamp Ash body and one piece Hard Rock Maple for the neck .

 

technically they are two different species.

 

tilia vulgaris and tilia americana and their mechanical properties are quite different.

 

Basswood | The Wood Database - Lumber Identification (Hardwoods)

 

European Lime | The Wood Database - Lumber Identification (Hardwoods)

[Stubby]

  se7enthdevil said:

technically they are two different species.

 

tilia vulgaris and tilia americana and their mechanical properties are quite different.

 

Basswood | The Wood Database - Lumber Identification (Hardwoods)

 

European Lime | The Wood Database - Lumber Identification (Hardwoods)

 

Understood . Only just learn t it was a species of lime from this thread anyways .

[Mark Bolam]

If it's made of basswood does it only have 4 strings?

[se7enthdevil]

apparently it's a bastardisation of the word bast.

 

 

copied from wikipedia.

 

its name originates from the inner fibrous bark of the tree, known as bast. A strong fibre is obtained from the tree by peeling off the bark and soaking it in water for a month, after which the inner fibres can be easily separated.

[Ian Leach]

  se7enthdevil said:

apparently it's a bastardisation of the word bast.

 

 

copied from wikipedia.

 

its name originates from the inner fibrous bark of the tree, known as bast. A strong fibre is obtained from the tree by peeling off the bark and soaking it in water for a month, after which the inner fibres can be easily separated.

 

Have you got any of that maple left ?

[Gerbutt]

Check out Crimson Guitars on YouTube, he has loads of vids about building guitars and also makes & sells luthier tools.

[Gary Prentice]

  se7enthdevil said:

technically they are two different species.

 

tilia vulgaris and tilia americana and their mechanical properties are quite different.

 

Basswood | The Wood Database - Lumber Identification (Hardwoods)

 

European Lime | The Wood Database - Lumber Identification (Hardwoods)

 

I think all American Tilia species are generally known as Basswood, T americana, heterophylla & caroliniana are just the ones I could find on a quick search.

 

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