Pitoon
Imperial Masterpiece
EXCELLENT!
Stand build off
- Thread starter Pitoon
- Start date
Drat, now you're making me feel lazy
. Alright, mame sized it is! I'll start thinking tonight. I've been wanting a fun blacksmithing project anyway.
Bu-Jetjet
Mame
I'd like to enter this "stand build-off". Is there a specific due-date?
penumbra
Imperial Masterpiece
I am very excited to be watching this.
Always wanted to work in exotic woods but don't have time any longer.
I will be a most loyal spectator.
Always wanted to work in exotic woods but don't have time any longer.
I will be a most loyal spectator.
Maiden69
Masterpiece
Most of the buyers I used on ebay are no longer selling... but this is one of the sites I used for exotic material. They mostly sell for guitar, pool cues, pens, etc... but they also have large material. Great thing about them is that if you want something specific you can call them and they accommodate you if possible.
www.gilmerwood.com
Gilmer Wood Company
www.gilmerwood.com
Eckhoffw
Masterpiece
I’m in! Like @bnut , my woodworking stuff is not hooked up yet as we just moved.
Going to be a driveway wood slayer myself!
I work at a cabinet shop though. So hopefully I’ll get something cooking soon.
Pitoon
Imperial Masterpiece
I've heard of them before, but never ordered from them. For lumber I try my best to buy local to avoid the additional shipping costs.Most of the buyers I used on ebay are no longer selling... but this is one of the sites I used for exotic material. They mostly sell for guitar, pool cues, pens, etc... but they also have large material. Great thing about them is that if you want something specific you can call them and they accommodate you if possible.
Gilmer Wood Company
Maiden69
Masterpiece
Yeah... no way for me to find the kind of lumber I use locally.
Pitoon
Imperial Masterpiece
I use them when they offer sales on exotics, I believe they offer free shipping with a coupon code.
Maiden69
Masterpiece
I haven't shopped at the local one. I have ordered online from them, not bad, but slightly overpriced. Well, not really overpriced, but you buy the material blindly and from the little experience that I have with them, the pieces I have gotten are "paint" quality, and not for raw finishes. This is why I like Gilmer, the pictures on his site are of the actual material you are buying. And when you call or email for requests, they send you actual pictures so you can decide which to get. Also, most of what I buy are guitar tops and backs, book matched sets, which are not available there. My last guitar have a book match big leaf quilted maple top and book matched figured black limba back, the later was very hard to find.
Bonsaidoorguy
Chumono
I think I'll give it a shot. I work at a lumber yard and have some basic skills and tools.
Pitoon
Imperial Masterpiece
Do you play or just build them? They are overpriced and just send whatever pieces in the mail. I've had to return stuff back to them a couple of times. But if you catch their sales some times it works out.I haven't shopped at the local one. I have ordered online from them, not bad, but slightly overpriced. Well, not really overpriced, but you buy the material blindly and from the little experience that I have with them, the pieces I have gotten are "paint" quality, and not for raw finishes. This is why I like Gilmer, the pictures on his site are of the actual material you are buying. And when you call or email for requests, they send you actual pictures so you can decide which to get. Also, most of what I buy are guitar tops and backs, book matched sets, which are not available there. My last guitar have a book match big leaf quilted maple top and book matched figured black limba back, the later was very hard to find.
Pitoon
Imperial Masterpiece
Look what's on my desk, lol
Pitoon
Imperial Masterpiece
The only rule is have your stand complete in 6 months!
Colorado
Masterpiece
Hmm. I have never built a stand, but perhaps I should give it a shot 
Maiden69
Masterpiece
That's my biggest issue. Nice pictures on their website... plain stuff in their warehouses. I don't play much, I was in a band in high school with 2 of my cousins, I did rhythm, but I quit playing around 1987. I always painted (bicycles, bikes, etc) and my dad did some wood working (my grand dad had a furniture shop until he developed emphysema and had to quit. I guess I was the one that got the genes for wood working. For a few years at the end of high school I was buying used guitars, refinishing and re-selling them. In early 2004 I got the bug again and landed on ProjectGuitar.com, I met a lot of great builders there that kinda like here guided new people into the craft. I talked a lot with two of them at the time, since their stain work was amazing... I can say that I blended both techniques to develop my own... they both became very successful. One of them is regarded as one of the best in the industry right now, Perry Ormsby from Perth, Australia. The other David Myka, from WA. Two complete opposite poles when it comes to guitar building, Perry is a beast in finishes and electronics, David is more organic.
Ormsby Guitars
www.ormsbyguitars.com
Myka Guitars - Handcrafted Custom Guitars - Home
Handcrafted custom acoustic, electric, semihollow, hollowbody, archtop, and hybrid custom guitars. Handcrafted by David Myka in Seattle, WA, USA.
www.mykaguitars.com
Cajunrider
Imperial Masterpiece
Purdy!I haven't shopped at the local one. I have ordered online from them, not bad, but slightly overpriced. Well, not really overpriced, but you buy the material blindly and from the little experience that I have with them, the pieces I have gotten are "paint" quality, and not for raw finishes. This is why I like Gilmer, the pictures on his site are of the actual material you are buying. And when you call or email for requests, they send you actual pictures so you can decide which to get. Also, most of what I buy are guitar tops and backs, book matched sets, which are not available there. My last guitar have a book match big leaf quilted maple top and book matched figured black limba back, the later was very hard to find.
Jcmmaple
Chumono
Sounds fun, count me in
It’s tempting.
I will give it a shot.
my shop is also a wheeled cart in the driveway,
but dry season is coming. I’ll have to start looking for some wood.
there is a shop in Ohio I used to get nice wood from.
He ships and used to cut small bits to fit in flat rate boxes to help reduce the cost.
I will give it a shot.
my shop is also a wheeled cart in the driveway,
but dry season is coming. I’ll have to start looking for some wood.
there is a shop in Ohio I used to get nice wood from.
He ships and used to cut small bits to fit in flat rate boxes to help reduce the cost.
