Aussie guitar timbers

[Adam Barnes]

Im thinking about attempting a scratch build semi hollow sg similar to this
Id buy a neck as I'm not up to that yet, is there any suitable australian timbers that would make a good body.
Thanks

[vh2580]

Queensland maple is a little similar to mahogany and a few places around where you can get blanks.

[dave.king1]

As much as I like the concept I can see some neck dive issues with this one, the SG I had in the late 60s ( actually called a Les Paul at the time until Les and Mary divorced ) tended to point at the ground far too much

[Adam Barnes]

Ive been thinking about how to go about building one of these, my idea was to get 3 peices of timber 500 x 120 x 35 and glue together the 2 outside pieces mahogany and the centre a blond timber, then mill it down to 25mm thick to give me a slad of 500 x 360 x 25,and make 2 of these.
Then mark out the body shape and route out the hollow part on both pieces and glue them both together, cut outbody and route neck and pickup cavities and f hole, thought id ask you guys on here if im heading in the right direction
Thanks

[FrankenWashie]

Hey Adam,

im going through a similar build prep for a PRS style chambered body. In my view, what you are best to do is to make 2 pieces, one which is only the presanded thickness of your too skin and one which is the Remaining thickness of the body. You do your hollowing in the main body area and then just glue the front on like a skin and final sand it.

[Adam Barnes]

Thanks frankie, yes i thought of that as thats how some of the kits are but then i cant do the beveled parts around the body. I figured the 2 slabs the same thickness would allow me to achieve the beveled edges

[FrankenWashie]

I suppose it would be a case of figuring how much depth you need to your bevel, and how close your hollowing needs to be to the edges.
it would be fiddly and you’d need to be spot on with your routing and jointing if you are using contrasting woods. Even a small malalignment on joints is going to stand out like the dogs proverbials, assuming you aren’t going for a painted finish of course.