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Permalink Reply by Darren Wolbold on March 10, 2014 at 10:16pm

I use wood from the  pine family in the UK this type is called redwood hear(Not the big cedars in California)

In my opinion for a three string with no fretts and made with  1" by 2" bit of timber will do fine

I have made loads over the last three years all with steel string and no issues

Pine will also get very strong as the resins dry

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http://darrenscigarboxguitars.blogspot.co.uk/

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Permalink Reply by Dooder on March 17, 2014 at 11:58pm

Why not just set up an exchange?  I use pine, Northern White Pine, not the hard resinous southern varieties.  It carves great, doesn't turn worth a darn, and doesn't glue ie laminate well.Personally, the only way that I would use pine on a neck, white, yellow, green, north east south or west, would be with a solid piece and a truss rod.  Also I would most definitely only use straight grained sections with growth rings running along the entire length of the section.  Look at wood furniture, you never see drawers or jewelry boxes made with flatsawn sections, they move, which means they warp, bend and break.  It just aint worth putting the time in-unless that it intentionally the look you want-into a build to have it tear itself apart.  I'm sure it's been done before on here, but if someone needs neck or head stock material, let's try an exchange.  I have a lifetime supply of hard maple, most of it unfigured (which means cheap), that I could rip down into suitable sections that should be shippable for fairly reasonable rates.  My .02 worth.

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