Igor gets the Blues, The FrankenLab Reso Project.

[kuanjb]

So does it look like the body is solid then except for the cavity formed by the ply back?

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[FrankenWashie]

So does it look like the body is solid then except for the cavity formed by the ply back?

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Yes the Center section is solid, but I am not sure of the wood species, I think it’s Pawlonia, it’s very stringy and fibrous. I have found it difficult to work with when cutting. You need to sharpen the hell out of any edged tools before you work with it. It seems to machine pretty easily with power tools though.

[kuanjb]

Yes the Center section is solid, but I am not sure of the wood species, I think it’s Pawlonia, it’s very stringy and fibrous. I have found it difficult to work with when cutting. You need to sharpen the hell out of any edged tools before you work with it. It seems to machine pretty easily with power tools though.

Well I'm sorry for your current predicament. I hope you were planning on doing a solid colour on the edges....

Certainly good to know for when I start my build. I was also thinking of putting in a preamp which will need routing for the battery. Seems that the wood handles routing perpendicular to the grain better than from the ends. Maybe safer to drill and chisel.

Perhaps the fibrous nature of the wood might explain the odd shaped 'sound' holes too? Though the centre hole seems to be fairly round.

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[FrankenWashie]

Well I'm sorry for your current predicament. I hope you were planning on doing a solid colour on the edges....

Certainly good to know for when I start my build. I was also thinking of putting in a preamp which will need routing for the battery. Seems that the wood handles routing perpendicular to the grain better than from the ends. Maybe safer to drill and chisel.

Perhaps the fibrous nature of the wood might explain the odd shaped 'sound' holes too? Though the centre hole seems to be fairly round.

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well I’m doing a solid colour now

The router went okay on the end grain, it’s just that it caught a fibrous section and whipped as I was using a long cutter bit due to the depth I needed. I hogged out fairly extensively before hand, it was just one of those bad luck issues.

[cork sniffer]

So does it look like the body is solid then except for the cavity formed by the ply back?

That's how mine was. The timber is VERY fibrous, much better than but think coconut husk.