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my wood buy in india
Posted: Sat Nov 22, 2014 1:30 pm
by Kevin Sjostrand
2 back and side sets 6 EIR fretboards 6 ebony fretboards 6 each double length bride blanks in EIR and ebony will make 12 each. The sides for one set are a little more purple then the backs but it will look fine the other is a nice match. It is all like AA grade and rough sawn. I'm putting it through my sander To see how it all looks
Re: my wood buy in india
Posted: Sat Nov 22, 2014 3:01 pm
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How are the prices compared to what you'd pay in the U.S.??
Re: my wood buy in india
Posted: Sat Nov 22, 2014 3:32 pm
by Ben-Had
Nice stuff Kevin. Looks like a lot of building in the future:)
Re: my wood buy in india
Posted: Sat Nov 22, 2014 10:47 pm
by Kevin Sjostrand
I paid $180 plus shipping from Bombay to Goa for all that. I figured I saved about $235 over purchasing it from LMI with sales tax and shipping.
I got it all sanded, and cut the bridge blanks. The EIR bridge blanks are very nice. The ebony bridge blanks are almost all solid black but a little thinner at around 7/16" sanded. The EIR fretboards are nice and colorful with wide grain...I like that. The ebony fretboards have some brown spots and streaking. I think two are almost solid black. Really happy with one of the sets, the other sides and backs don't match as well.
I was happy to get it. The really over charged me on the shipping. I only build about one guitar a year so this is helping me build up my stash so when I retire I all ready have supplies to last awhile. :)
Kevin
Re: my wood buy in india
Posted: Sun Nov 23, 2014 10:49 am
by johnnparchem
Quite the haul!