cocobolo strat neck on curly mountain ash - electric guitar

[Runn3r]

i hesitate to post this or any electric guitar for tht matter cos you guys are all acoustic masters

but

i just have to show off the cocobolo i just worked with and hopefully some fellow exotic woodie addicts out there might appreciate the great beauty of this wood as well







neck is just sanded to 1200 and burnished...no artificial finish on it

mountain ash/tassie oak - minwax poly

more pics here if interested
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apologies to those who have seen this already on other sites

[DarwinStrings]

Nice combination of yellow stain and cocobolo Runn3r.

Do you have a name so I don't have to keep calling you Runn3r?

Jim

[ozziebluesman]

Runn3r that is some beautiful wood there and fine workmanship! I have a set of Coco to suit a small body acoustic myself. Beautiful stuff asceticaly and great tone.

As far as i'm concerned musical instrument building covers solid body and acoustic instruments.

Thanks for sharing your build.

Cheers

Alan

[Runn3r]

hehe Jim

the name is Michael

and thank you fellas..

it is the most beautiful wood i have ever personally worked with ...texture/grain/the lot is superb ...the only thing i don't like about it is paying shipping charges from america to aus

[Stephen Kinnaird]

As far as i'm concerned musical instrument building covers solid body and acoustic instruments.

Alan

Amen, Alan. I'm hoping some harpsichord builders will join the site, and raise the bar to totally new heights.

Anyway, Michael, nice guitar! How does the weight of that neck feel after a couple of sets?

Steve

[Runn3r]

Thanks Steve

guitar is around 8 lbs ...neck is not overly heavy though heavier than typical maple neck...

to me it's like a lightish les paul (the completely solid ones ...not the hollowed out ones)

the balance, more importantly, is good...

the ash body also contributes to the weight though i routed quite a lot of wood out of it a looong time ago

[DarwinStrings]

Thanks Michael.

This is copied from a online dictionary

'luâ‹…thiâ‹…er
   /ˈlutiər/ Show Spelled Pronunciation [loo-tee-er] Show IPA
–noun
a maker of stringed instruments, as violins.'

This would suggest that it is a forum for makers of stringed instruments but I don't think it includes tennis rackets.

Jim

[Runn3r]

a mate once referred to me classical guitar as a tennis racket

in those days i could not disagree

i was only starting to learn how to play

[Allen]

That's some really beautiful work there Michael. Thanks for posting. Please don't hesitate to show us your work. We don't want to make anyone feel that they shouldn't be proud to show off their creations.

Also, if you go into your profile, you can set a signature that includes your name, so you don't need to add it to the end of each post. With so many new members, it's getting pretty difficult for some of us who've suffered some self inflicted brain damage to remember everyones name.

[Kim]

Very nice Michael,

You do very nice things with the Tassie oak, who in the USA did you get the cocobolo neck blank from??

Cheers

Kim

[Runn3r]

Thanks Allen and Kim

tassie oak is one of my fave aussie woods ...purely for figure and appropriate density for solid body instrumentation ...

as for coco piece...

the ebay seller is a private individual who sells wood turning blanks with occasional longer/wider pieces than typical pen blanks and the like

there was a phase when he had pieces sized perfectly for bolt on guitar necks...got me some cocobolo, some pau ferro, indian r/w, maccassar eb in this manner

i tend to avoid 'luthiery' type sites/sellers cos they tend to 'front load' the premiums on their woods but if they have nice pieces i will still pay the premium ...

as it is ...i am already suspicious of 'shipping charges' being taken advantage of as a 'padding' for the typical ebay seller but i dont mind this sort of thing if the item price is reasonable...