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

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Top quality woods for constructing electric guitars

Two or three peices of quality Ash wood to make up a minimum size of 555mm x 400mm x 50mm. Ideal for Telecaster style electric guitars. Can also be used to make strat style guitars as well.

White Ash. It exhibits a "snappy" loud tone with a bright edge, but with a warm bass and long sustain. It is more aggressive sounding than alder. Ash is considered as the "traditional" Fender Telecaster body wood. The tonal character of ash is surprisingly loud and bright, with a strong midrange and a crisp bass. Ash is not used very often for acoustic guitars.


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