Trying to identify this wood.

[siggy14]

OK anyone, Basswood, plywood, what kind of wood is this?

http://community.webshots.com/album/554641529vHshQW

[RacerX]

Dunno dude, I just usually post the Warmoth ID page:

http://www.warmoth.com/guitar/options/options_bodywoods.cfm

[heartfielder]

Dunno dude, I just usually post the Warmoth ID page:

http://www.warmoth.com/guitar/option..._bodywoods.cfm

That's what I'm talking about Ron !!!

[zeegler]

It's very hard to tell from that small area. I can tell you for sure it's not ash, mahogany, maple, korina, bubinga, rosewood, ebony, lacewood, purpleheart, zebrawood, etc, etc...

It looks like alder or basswood to me. Could also be poplar.

[straycat]

Poplar,alder or basswood would be my guess.

[siggy14]

i see you guys are gonna make me have to strip this down some more

[heartfielder]

i see you guys are gonna make me have to strip this down some more

I kinda like the bare horn look !!

[RacerX]

That's what she said

huh huh huh

[Zerberus]

Id say it´s most likely poplar. It seems to be missing the small pores of alder and the grain is more defined than basswood.

I´ll tell you for sure when you´ve sanded down more than the top horn, a poplar soloist for ex. looks something like this:

[straycat]

That looks great really.Those are poplar wings.

[shreddermon]

Premium lightweight poplar?

j/k!

[siggy14]

I am gonna go pick up a hand sander today, doing it by normal hand was just taking to damn long.

I have a feeling it is basswood, only because by the chart on warmoth it shows basswood as a lighter color which this seems to be. The body is also extremly light, from the few poplar guitars i have had (own two now Model 5 and 6) they were usually a bit heavier then alder.

Id say it´s most likely poplar. It seems to be missing the small pores of alder and the grain is more defined than basswood.

I´ll tell you for sure when you´ve sanded down more than the top horn, a poplar soloist for ex. looks something like this:

[siggy14]

another question, how would i tell what neck i should use on this?

[Zerberus]

By measuring the distance between bridge and neck pocket and calculating the scale length from there

But be careful w/ the hand sander... if you´re not careful you´ll cause nasty dips that will never buff out and will therefore have to be filled.

[UFORocks]

Yeah, you have to be real careful with sanders. Get one with a large surface area that also has smaller attachments, that way you have some options. With my last project I started out using 300 grit on the clear coat, and then went up from there. I was using 600 grit strips by the time I got to the factory filler. And dont use the sander on the sides if you can avoid it, I ened up rounding a few corners because I wasnt paying attention, and I had to have an experienced friend help me fix it.

Good Luck :-)

Later,

Steve