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 Post subject: My first build
PostPosted: Sat Oct 15, 2011 2:43 am 
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Mahogany
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Joined: Sun May 08, 2011 10:24 am
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Location: Israel
First name: Hillel
Last Name: Levy
City: Rehovot
Country: Israel
Focus: Build
Status: Amateur
Hallo all,
I've been lurking around the forum for a long time.
I have been taking classes under a Israeli luthier and we've started to get to planning the build.
The guitar is gonna be a neck through with a Mahagony neck and body with a maple top.
Problem is that I can't ship Mahagony out of the US. How can I get around it? Surely there are non American outguess that work with Mahagony.
Another dilemma is which bridge to go for. I want the bridge to be 3 dimensional there for I thought about using the 3d-6 schaller bridge. Any thought about it or other ideas?
Once there's anything to show I'll upload some pics.

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 Post subject: Re: My first build
PostPosted: Sat Oct 15, 2011 3:39 pm 
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Joined: Fri Sep 09, 2011 9:50 am
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Location: Oregon/Hawaii
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Lots of other countries grow mahogany, In fact in South America it is very common, they make pallets out of it. Is this a legal thing that you can't buy it from America? It grows in Lebanon so that is a little closer....

Also try looking for used or abused household furniture in your local area, a huge amount of mahogany has been used forever to build furniture. That over-painted old wobbly dresser at the garage sale might really be a score on some 3 or 4 quarter solid slabs... :)


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