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I'm building an all maple Les Paul style guitar at a high school where I teach. I work in the wood shop afterschool and lunch breaks but I always bring the parts and pieces back to my tech lab where I put them on a display table - just to show the kids the 'work in prgress'.

What's funny is that many, many of them are quite surprised that I am building it out of wood. At first they thought it would be an acoustic and wondered how I was going to hollow it out (leaving a round hole in the middle).

"Not the case, kids, it's a solidbody electric."
"But it's made out of wood."
"What did you think they were made of?"
"Metal"
"Fibreglass"
"Plastic"
"I don't know ..."

I just find this funny. But then again, I have no idea what golf balls are made of.

About like the kids at my church talking about my "wood" Ash explorer I built. Like they had no idea wood was used.

Not only that but me bet you tell them that you sneaked into Central Park, at night, with a chain saw and cut down a tree to get the wood.


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I'll go you one better...

The buddy that i'm doing my tele build with (the one that is also a guitar player) had no idea that guitars were made of wood . Now granted, this guy isn't obsessed with guitars or think about them constantly, but he's been playing for about 7 years now, and he's a college professor

I love him dearly, though

Central Park is a long way from Canada.

I didn't want to spend a lot of money on select wood from a store, since this is my first build. So I kept my eyes open and found a maple table top (3/4") for 15 bucks. Enough to build this and perhaps another. I just found a solid maple headboard at a yard sale for $5. I'm getting good at finding cheap wood. I also had a nice slab of mahogany given to me a while back. Still waiting to hone my skills before using that one.

J

Before I got into guitars I had no idea either. I guess that's what happens when you see enough strats with car paint on them

Aw, common jeff, every city gotts a Central Park, don't they?

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Tell them...

Are cars made out of wood???

Loving the first based opinion impression that some people have when they see a solid finish on something...

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MORGAN!!

they have been using an ash frame since the year dot. and STILL DO!!

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Framing is more accurate on newer Moggies. The actual chassis is steel or aluminum, depending on the model.

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Dang you guys get cooler all the time!

I LOVE MORGAN!!!

I think the chassis is all al-you-mini-um, but the body work is an ash frame. Not too sure on the more modern stuff they are coming out with. I'm psyched that the 3 wheeler's back!

I work in a guitar store and that is one of those dumb questions they usually ask me, I already have the answers ready:

Q-Why does that guitar have 7 strings?
A-I don't know, it would be simpler if they made em of just one string.

Q-Do you have any cell phone battery chargers?
A-Sorry, but they have them down the street in McDonald's.

Q-Do you have any sheet music for keyboard?
A-Sorry, just for real instruments.

Q-Are electric guitars made of wood?
A-Go play a keyboard.

The store I was in years ago had been an auto parts store in an earlier life.
After 20 years, some folks still came in wanting their brake drums turned.

Of course, I remember one time some fella walked in looking for bait buckets.

Or the rough dude who came in and laid a revolver on the counter, and asked "how much will you give me?". While the clerk went to clean out his shorts, I explained that we were not a pawn shop.

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That is just unbelievably funny lol