Guitar Parts Spares Kits & Plans

This 2 Piece Solid Swamp Ash Wood Body Blank gives you a massive amount of sustain, tone and range !!! This is a favorite of most Luthiers because they give you a nice clean redish finish when you lacquer it and also is easy to work with. Blanks will vary in figure from blank to blank although they will all have very similar charicteristics and are graded "A" for quality! The blank will measure at roughly 14'' wide, no shorter than 20'' long, and a minimum thickness of 1 3/4" thick, (+/-1/16) of an inch after we do a final sanding !!! We will sand these first with a 80 grit to remove any minor defects, moving up to a 240 grit for a more final sanding. The size of this blank will give you the size that you need for just about any syle of body that you would like you do. Or gives you enough play that you can make your completely own design !!!

Two or three peices of quality American Rock Maple wood to make up a minimum size of 555mm x 400mm x 50mm

This wood “shouts”. It is loud with a strong upper midrange, bright highs, and tapered off but very tight lows. A pickup that produces good lows will find them in a Hard Maple body, but they will be tight and will not interact with a loud half stack.

NOTE: Guitar makers traditionally use more than one piece of wood in construction unless the guitar is of very high quality. A single piece of specially dried and selected wood would be high grade and much more expensive. Because wood is a natural material it has flaws and imperfectionsm and a tendancy to warp (bow) - the larger the piece, the larger the warp. To reduce the chance of these flaws spoiling the guitar during machining / finishing, several smaller pieces are selected and combined to give the final size thereby keeping costs low while ensuring a pleasing finish. In most cases just two pieces are supplied and these are combined to make the final body.

The process of guitar building is explained in many books which we can help you with if necessary.

Open grained with large pores, Mahogany has a more uniform grain pattern and density than Swamp Ash. Its density is constant within the ring and from one ring to the next. So it’s rigidity is inherent in its composition, not in a “skeleton” with soft sections in between. It’s constant density compresses the mids a little, and this can be considered a thick sound, because it does still produce good lows and low mids. Without the mids popping out, being responsive to dynamics, its more of a “wall of sound” Its not that it isn’t midrangey, because it resonates those guitar frequencies well, but its not as responsive to them as an Alder or Ash. It also combs away more upper midrange frequencies for a more nasal sound. It has a good balance of fundamental and overtones for higher register soloing. High notes are richer and thicker than Alder or Ash.

NOTE: Guitar makers traditionally use more than one piece of wood in construction unless the guitar is of very high quality. A single piece of specially dried and selected wood would be high grade and much more expensive. Because wood is a natural material it has flaws and imperfectionsm and a tendancy to warp (bow) - the larger the piece, the larger the warp. To reduce the chance of these flaws spoiling the guitar during machining / finishing, several smaller pieces are selected and combined to give the final size thereby keeping costs low while ensuring a pleasing finish. In most cases just two pieces are supplied and these are combined to make the final body.

The process of guitar building is explained in many books which we can help you with if necessary.