Comments on: What is the best cheap wood for electric guitars? http://www.ultimateleadguitar.com/cheap-guitars/what-is-the-best-cheap-wood-for-electric-guitars Your Ultimate Resource For Guitar Stores and Electric Guitar Lessons Mon, 15 Feb 2010 09:50:54 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: Lester G http://www.ultimateleadguitar.com/cheap-guitars/what-is-the-best-cheap-wood-for-electric-guitars/comment-page-1#comment-1354 Lester G Thu, 21 Jan 2010 22:48:59 +0000 http://www.ultimateleadguitar.com/cheap-guitars/what-is-the-best-cheap-wood-for-electric-guitars#comment-1354 Stewmac.com has alder body blanks for $79.88. It'll be difficult to find anything much cheaper than that. They have everything else you need as well. Good luck.<br><b>References : </b><br> Stewmac.com has alder body blanks for $79.88. It’ll be difficult to find anything much cheaper than that. They have everything else you need as well.

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]]> By: Norm Jones http://www.ultimateleadguitar.com/cheap-guitars/what-is-the-best-cheap-wood-for-electric-guitars/comment-page-1#comment-1353 Norm Jones Thu, 21 Jan 2010 22:21:59 +0000 http://www.ultimateleadguitar.com/cheap-guitars/what-is-the-best-cheap-wood-for-electric-guitars#comment-1353 Hello there, If you are looking for wood for an electric guitar body, you can use Poplar. Many brands including Fender use Alder. Alder is an oriental Poplar. If you like plan to finish the body naturally (not painted), you can use Maple for an overlay. If you want wood for the neck. You should go with a hard Maple. Later,<br><b>References : </b><br> Hello there,

If you are looking for wood for an electric guitar body, you can use Poplar. Many brands including Fender use Alder. Alder is an oriental Poplar. If you like plan to finish the body naturally (not painted), you can use Maple for an overlay.

If you want wood for the neck. You should go with a hard Maple.

Later,
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]]> By: deb.peg1 http://www.ultimateleadguitar.com/cheap-guitars/what-is-the-best-cheap-wood-for-electric-guitars/comment-page-1#comment-1352 deb.peg1 Thu, 21 Jan 2010 21:33:59 +0000 http://www.ultimateleadguitar.com/cheap-guitars/what-is-the-best-cheap-wood-for-electric-guitars#comment-1352 You might try ash. Baseball bats are made of it, so it must be pretty sturdy and fairly readily available. I would stay away from the softer woods, like pine or cedar. Since this is your first project, maybe talk to someone at a lumber yard to learn more about the specific qualities of different types of wood. I agree you should not spend too much at this point, but look on it as part of the learning process. Good luck!<br><b>References : </b><br> You might try ash. Baseball bats are made of it, so it must be pretty sturdy and fairly readily available. I would stay away from the softer woods, like pine or cedar. Since this is your first project, maybe talk to someone at a lumber yard to learn more about the specific qualities of different types of wood.
I agree you should not spend too much at this point, but look on it as part of the learning process.
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]]> By: Jak http://www.ultimateleadguitar.com/cheap-guitars/what-is-the-best-cheap-wood-for-electric-guitars/comment-page-1#comment-1351 Jak Thu, 21 Jan 2010 21:15:59 +0000 http://www.ultimateleadguitar.com/cheap-guitars/what-is-the-best-cheap-wood-for-electric-guitars#comment-1351 well cedar is pretty standard and I don't think it is too expensive. That is what most strats are made from (with a rosewood fretboard usually). Pine would be a cheaper alternative, i believe. Cherry, oak or maple would look great, but more expensive. Also, it doesn't matter too much for the sound, it's more for the heft, ease of building, and longevity<br><b>References : </b><br> well cedar is pretty standard and I don’t think it is too expensive. That is what most strats are made from (with a rosewood fretboard usually). Pine would be a cheaper alternative, i believe. Cherry, oak or maple would look great, but more expensive. Also, it doesn’t matter too much for the sound, it’s more for the heft, ease of building, and longevity
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]]> By: The Luke http://www.ultimateleadguitar.com/cheap-guitars/what-is-the-best-cheap-wood-for-electric-guitars/comment-page-1#comment-1350 The Luke Thu, 21 Jan 2010 20:33:59 +0000 http://www.ultimateleadguitar.com/cheap-guitars/what-is-the-best-cheap-wood-for-electric-guitars#comment-1350 Pine and maple are both good sounding and cheap.<br><b>References : </b><br> Pine and maple are both good sounding and cheap.
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]]> By: Hey http://www.ultimateleadguitar.com/cheap-guitars/what-is-the-best-cheap-wood-for-electric-guitars/comment-page-1#comment-1349 Hey Thu, 21 Jan 2010 19:58:59 +0000 http://www.ultimateleadguitar.com/cheap-guitars/what-is-the-best-cheap-wood-for-electric-guitars#comment-1349 I've never understood what impact the wood in an electric guitar has on the sound. As the sound is generated from magnetic inductance between the strings and the pickup-coils, one could maybe think that it wouldn't really matter what kind of wood was used. And so it would be just as good to use cheap plastic as expensive rainforrest mahogany????<br><b>References : </b><br> I’ve never understood what impact the wood in an electric guitar has on the sound. As the sound is generated from magnetic inductance between the strings and the pickup-coils, one could maybe think that it wouldn’t really matter what kind of wood was used. And so it would be just as good to use cheap plastic as expensive rainforrest mahogany????
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