mahogany thunderbird

[anonymous278347457]

Im planning on building a fenderbird style bass

I need to know about woods


Is there any reason why a piece of mahogany advertised as a body blank is several times more expensive than a piece of mahogany that isnt advertised as a body blank?
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/NICE-WIDE-THIC...QQcmdZViewItem
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.d...MEBI%3AIT&rd=1

compared to

http://www.touchstonetonewoods.co.uk/ttwp1.html


I know there are differant types of mahogany, but im more worried about the body warping or something. will kiln dried mahogany warp?

also, how is guitar wood treated and what is open/closed grain?

[NamelessOne]

the ebay stuff *should* be fine. kiln dried is dried, but it's always best to observe the wood for a few weeks in your climate to see what it does.

guitar wood is no different from other wood. my bass is being made from a piece of walnut i found at a lumberyard, and a piece of figured maple found in a pile of normal maple.
open grain just means that you will have to porefill when you finish, as the wood has visible pores.

the one being sold at touchstone is a special wood called "tonewood mahogany" that only grows in darkest africa, and there's only three trees of it known, but whenever it is cut down, another grows within a week.



there's probably no difference, except that the more expensive place costs more.

EDIT: the ebay stuff looks like one piece, which is generally more desirable than "two or three" pieces in the body blank.plus it's bigger

[anonymous278347457]

Originally Posted by NamelessOne

the ebay stuff *should* be fine. kiln dried is dried, but it's always best to observe the wood for a few weeks in your climate to see what it does.

So what happens if it warps in my climate?


anyway, most of the climate in england is the same(miserable), so the climate at wherever the wood is stored should be the similar to the climate where I live

[NamelessOne]

if the wood warps, wait until it hasn't moved at all for a month or so, thickness sand it flat (use a thickness sander, but only take enough off that the faces are flat), then observe it for another month. Besides, if it's kiln dried properly, it's no more likely to warp than the expensive stuff.