Not only that but me bet you tell them that you sneaked into Central Park, at night, with a chain saw and cut down a tree to get the wood.
blessings
Padma
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| Author: | jeff.scott [ Wed Jun 01, 2011 1:33 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Guitars are made of wood? |
I'm building an all maple Les Paul style guitar at a high school where I teach. I work in the wood shop afterschool and lunch breaks but I always bring the parts and pieces back to my tech lab where I put them on a display table - just to show the kids the 'work in prgress'. What's funny is that many, many of them are quite surprised that I am building it out of wood. At first they thought it would be an acoustic and wondered how I was going to hollow it out (leaving a round hole in the middle). "Not the case, kids, it's a solidbody electric." "But it's made out of wood." "What did you think they were made of?" "Metal" "Fibreglass" "Plastic" "I don't know ..." I just find this funny. But then again, I have no idea what golf balls are made of. |
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| Author: | JimO [ Wed Jun 01, 2011 2:07 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Guitars are made of wood? |
About like the kids at my church talking about my "wood" Ash explorer I built. Like they had no idea wood was used. |
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| Author: | the Padma [ Wed Jun 01, 2011 2:17 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Guitars are made of wood? |
Not only that but me bet you tell them that you sneaked into Central Park, at night, with a chain saw and cut down a tree to get the wood. blessings Padma
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| Author: | RogerC108 [ Wed Jun 01, 2011 4:33 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Guitars are made of wood? |
I'll go you one better... The buddy that i'm doing my tele build with (the one that is also a guitar player) had no idea that guitars were made of wood  . Now granted, this guy isn't obsessed with guitars or think about them constantly, but he's been playing for about 7 years now, and he's a college professor ![[headinwall]](./images/smilies/headbangwalluf8.gif "Mad") I love him dearly, though 
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| Author: | jeff.scott [ Wed Jun 01, 2011 8:14 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Guitars are made of wood? |
Central Park is a long way from Canada. I didn't want to spend a lot of money on select wood from a store, since this is my first build. So I kept my eyes open and found a maple table top (3/4") for 15 bucks. Enough to build this and perhaps another. I just found a solid maple headboard at a yard sale for $5. I'm getting good at finding cheap wood. I also had a nice slab of mahogany given to me a while back. Still waiting to hone my skills before using that one. J |
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| Author: | Ian Cunningham [ Fri Jun 03, 2011 3:49 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Guitars are made of wood? |
Before I got into guitars I had no idea either. I guess that's what happens when you see enough strats with car paint on them
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| Author: | the Padma [ Fri Jun 03, 2011 8:41 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Guitars are made of wood? |
jeff.scott wrote: Central Park is a long way from Canada. J Aw, common jeff, every city gotts a Central Park, don't they? blessings |
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| Author: | helldunkel [ Sun Jun 05, 2011 3:05 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Guitars are made of wood? |
jeff.scott wrote: What's funny is that many, many of them are quite surprised that I am building it out of wood. I just find this funny. Tell them... Are cars made out of wood???  Loving the first based opinion impression that some people have when they see a solid finish on something...
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| Author: | martinedwards [ Tue Jun 07, 2011 1:39 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Guitars are made of wood? |
hufschmid wrote: Are cars made out of wood??? one word..... MORGAN!! they have been using an ash frame since the year dot. and STILL DO!!  
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| Author: | Chris Pile [ Tue Jun 07, 2011 3:15 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Guitars are made of wood? |
Framing is more accurate on newer Moggies. The actual chassis is steel or aluminum, depending on the model. |
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| Author: | Ian Cunningham [ Tue Jun 07, 2011 4:58 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Guitars are made of wood? |
Dang you guys get cooler all the time! I LOVE MORGAN!!!  I think the chassis is all al-you-mini-um, but the body work is an ash frame. Not too sure on the more modern stuff they are coming out with. I'm psyched that the 3 wheeler's back! |
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| Author: | Mad Raxz [ Mon Jun 20, 2011 5:50 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Guitars are made of wood? |
I work in a guitar store and that is one of those dumb questions they usually ask me, I already have the answers ready: Q-Why does that guitar have 7 strings? A-I don't know, it would be simpler if they made em of just one string. Q-Do you have any cell phone battery chargers? A-Sorry, but they have them down the street in McDonald's. Q-Do you have any sheet music for keyboard? A-Sorry, just for real instruments. Q-Are electric guitars made of wood? A-Go play a keyboard.
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| Author: | Chris Pile [ Mon Jun 20, 2011 7:55 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Guitars are made of wood? |
The store I was in years ago had been an auto parts store in an earlier life. After 20 years, some folks still came in wanting their brake drums turned. Of course, I remember one time some fella walked in looking for bait buckets. Or the rough dude who came in and laid a revolver on the counter, and asked "how much will you give me?". While the clerk went to clean out his shorts, I explained that we were not a pawn shop. |
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| Author: | ledbthand [ Mon Jun 20, 2011 9:06 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Guitars are made of wood? |
That is just unbelievably funny lol |
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