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Other Stuff => Guitars => Topic started by: tubenit on May 11, 2026, 01:24:14 pm
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I was in Roanoke, VA last Sept 2025 and saw a piece of wood that I thought was mahogany? A few weeks ago, I decided to do something with it. I hollowed out the sides much like one would do with a Tele Thinline but NO f-hole.
It was at Black Dog Salvage which is a super cool place to browse and look for old stuff to repurpose.
Home of “Salvage Dawgs” – Celebrating 25 years of creativity, sustainability, and inspiring design. (https://blackdogsalvage.com/)
Well, it turned out to be Spanish Cedar and not mahogany. Great tone wood and fairly lightweight.
I then laminated it with 100 yr old yellow pine from my church which is a converted hosiery mill in Belmont, NC.
Then topped that with some scrap flamed anigre veneer a friend gave me. With 3 cans of gloss lacquer ........ maybe $55 sunk into the guitar body.
I used P-90's and they are super quiet at idle. Not noisey at all.
I've built maybe 23 electric guitars, and 2 dreadnaughts and 2 bass guitars. I'm thinking this is the 2nd best electric tonewise. Very woody sounding with good mid tones and a dash of grind to it.
With respect, Tubenit
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Very nice! Spanish Cedar was/is commonly used as a secondary wood for Mahogany projects. Cheap, soft, and easy to machine. But it has a wicked odor that burns my nostrils. I used a lot of it back in the '80s when I was heavy into woodworking. I still have some in my shop, but no way would my COPD allow me to cut or route a piece today.
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Wow! That's a beauty.
At a time when I knew next to nothing, but didn't know that, I found a piece of leopard wood, and hollowed it out similar to what you did. And ended up on prednisone due to the toxic wood dust. Beautiful wood, but very heavy.
I like the thin line technique. I've only built 7 guitars, but have run out of space to keep them. Some are really great, most not so much.
Anyway, yours looks fantastic.
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Very nice Jeff.. :icon_biggrin:
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Nice Jeff!