Hey all. I was looking through some old stuff and it reminded me of trying to make a thinline bass with a flame birch top .
I had found this cool board at a Woodcraft and had someone re-saw it for me. It probably started as about a 5/16" set of halves which kept cupping. At the time I had limited equipment (and know how lol) so I struggled to get it glued together. It probably ended up closer to 1/8" thick. Too thin for a thinline top so I did it as a solidbody but never completed it.
It got me thinking are their other woods somewhat accepted (or not) in electrics which can have showstopper problems?
Not typical woodworking stuff like the router ripped a chunk ripped out on end grain.
Another example is Black Limba is one of my favorites But I've seen where it looks great then after 220g sanding and wiping with naphtha suddenly these weird cross grain micro-cracks show up. They have to be super-glued and need a solid color to hide.
I had found this cool board at a Woodcraft and had someone re-saw it for me. It probably started as about a 5/16" set of halves which kept cupping. At the time I had limited equipment (and know how lol) so I struggled to get it glued together. It probably ended up closer to 1/8" thick. Too thin for a thinline top so I did it as a solidbody but never completed it.
It got me thinking are their other woods somewhat accepted (or not) in electrics which can have showstopper problems?
Not typical woodworking stuff like the router ripped a chunk ripped out on end grain.
Another example is Black Limba is one of my favorites But I've seen where it looks great then after 220g sanding and wiping with naphtha suddenly these weird cross grain micro-cracks show up. They have to be super-glued and need a solid color to hide.
