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Hi All,
I am currently working on my second guitar, which I was able to purchase all of my woods locally, but for the next 2 guitars I am in search of a possible drop top or carved top of some more exotic woods - any other suppliers than our "Sponsors" at the top of this page or is this considered "Blasphemy" lol. Also, I would love to hear others thoughts on total body thickness for an electric 6 string guitar and your ratio with drop tops/carved tops. ie: 1 1/4 mahogany with 5/8" carved top. I have been in design mode of the "Silver Willow" whilst waiting on the return of the Dueling Dragons at the finishers shop....

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"Talking about music is like dancing over architecture".
See the most insane first guitar build: http://www.virgilguitar.com
http://www.youtube.com/VirgilGuitar

http://oregonwildwood.com

I'm going to order a number of sets off this site. They seem to have a large selection of good stuff.

http://www.pacificcoastwoods.net/

I bought four sets so far from Vince. Very helpful and prompt.

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I read Emerson on the can. A foolish consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds...true...but a consistent reading of Emerson has its uses nevertheless.

StuMusic

Duuuuuuude! I'm in Nirvana already! This is some eye candy just off of the first link - I have been digging through so many "Bad" sites for so long, I can only find a couple good ones here and there - you made my week - thanks!

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"Talking about music is like dancing over architecture".
See the most insane first guitar build: http://www.virgilguitar.com
http://www.youtube.com/VirgilGuitar

Thanks Chris - you seem to be loading me up with great info these days (Special moment - group hug LOL) - Talk to me more about the end grain - what am I looking for?

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"Talking about music is like dancing over architecture".
See the most insane first guitar build: http://www.virgilguitar.com
http://www.youtube.com/VirgilGuitar

It's really just a matter of resigning yourself to pay a little more to buy from someone who knows what you want.

I've done a lots of shopping, sorting, and driving. Once I got a 5A piece of curly maple that yielded two tops for $25. Perfect, tight, even figure......once. But I can't count the number of hours I've spent sorting thorugh piles only to find nothing of value.

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I read Emerson on the can. A foolish consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds...true...but a consistent reading of Emerson has its uses nevertheless.

StuMusic