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dofthesea
 Post subject: Neck and body blanks
PostPosted: Sat Mar 01, 2014 6:53 pm 
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Who has the best prices and quality for Electric body and neck blanks? Looking for Alder,Ash,Maple and Mahogany.

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Chris Pile
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Finished, or unfinished?
I like Allparts....

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Unfinished I just want to mill up my own blanks and necks. Can't seem to find a reasonable supplier outside pif LMI and Stewmac

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Mike Baker
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Warmoth has pretty good prices on body blanks.
I would find a hardwood place local.

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Shaw
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Make your own blanks. Cheaper then buying them.

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According to your zip code you're in Hawaii, so I assume there are a very limited number of local hardwood dealers.

If there are any, they should have some type of Mahogany. If you can pick through the stacks and find some decent boards, that would probably be the most economical.

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Van Savage
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I've been getting mine from ebay. I've paid 40 to 60 bucks for blanks (usually 2 piece). They've worked out well but most charge $20 for shipping.
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unless you have an account with allparts you will twice as much for blanks then a cnc cut body...same thing with stew mac....you should always google your zipcode & add hardwood next to it or lumber...call each place & see what they stock..then you'll need a truck to get it home & possibly a jointer & planer to get it to standard thickness...(we talking solid bodies yes?) ..sometimes you can find OK deals on ebay with the correct thickness...just be careful as some of these people are pushing the wrong thickness....there are no GREAT deals on body wood unless you buy it by the board ft. at a local place!

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funkymann1 wrote:
unless you have an account with allparts you will twice as much for blanks then a cnc cut body...same thing with stew mac....you should always google your zipcode & add hardwood next to it or lumber...call each place & see what they stock..then you'll need a truck to get it home & possibly a jointer & planer to get it to standard thickness...(we talking solid bodies yes?) ..sometimes you can find OK deals on ebay with the correct thickness...just be careful as some of these people are pushing the wrong thickness....there are no GREAT deals on body wood unless you buy it by the board ft. at a local place!

Twice as much for blanks than a cnc cut body? Excuse me, but this is incorrect.
A quick perusal of StewMac's site bears this out.
Body blank
http://www.stewmac.com/shop/Bodies,_necks,_wood/Electric_guitar_body_blanks/Swamp_Ash_Body_Blank.html

cnc cut body
http://www.stewmac.com/shop/Bodies,_necks,_wood/Electric_guitar_shaped_bodies/Golden_Age_63_Body_for_Strat.html

You are in fact paying nearly twice as much for a cnc cut body than you are a body blank.

Same for Allparts
Body blank
http://www.allparts.com/BBAO-Swamp-Ash-Guitar-Body-Blank_p_747.html

Body
http://www.allparts.com/SBAO-Stratocaster-Ash-Body_p_3369.html

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sorry...didnt mean both products from the same site :-)
cnc bodies sell much cheaper on ebay

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For neck blanks, check out your local Home Depot or Lowes. Ours has maple and mahogany in three inch boards. Make sure to check the grain, though.
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funkymann1 wrote:
sorry...didnt mean both products from the same site :-)
cnc bodies sell much cheaper on ebay

Ahhhh. Gotcha.

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cbrviking wrote:
For neck blanks, check out your local Home Depot or Lowes. Ours has maple and mahogany in three inch boards. Make sure to check the grain, though.

Wow your home depot and Lowe's has mahogany? Mine only sell maple, poplar and red oak.

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My Home Depot quit selling maple. The idiot there said I could use poplar for neck wood. Got another supplier an hour away. He sells on ebay, a lot of nice woods. I like to go and hand pick my wood. I lucked out early on with a piece of massively figured hard maple I used for tops.

http://www.thewoodyard.com/

http://stores.ebay.com/TheWoodYardGa?_t ... 4340.l2563
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for everyone above...these are the best prices on the web..better then all parts even if you have an account, better then ebay unless you get real lucky with somone who needs the money wich sometimes happens....shipping is cheap ....& your welcome...

http://www.keimlumber.com/solidbodyblanks

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Nice Link! Thanks!
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