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Re: Pine vs. mahogany

4/11/2000 8:49 PM
Mark Hammer	Re: Pine vs. mahogany I guess your question is really: would virtually ANY well-chosen softwood be acceptable for a guitar body, and the answer is...SURE! I have a book illustrating the guitars of Danny Ferrington. One of the instruments in there is a 60-minute guitar made from plywood or something (been a while since I looked at it), that Danny traced from a P-bass or something, cut out, stuck a crappy homemade bridge, a Tele neck and Tele pickup on. This thing makes EVH's old tape and spraypaint jobs look like a Collings or PRS Dragon. Ferrington was forced to give it to Ry Cooder, who loved it, and recorded with it that day or something. You can make guitars out of ANYTHING, folks. The question is, will all the parts you've selected complement each other, will it be playable, and will it be durable.

4/11/2000 8:49 PM

Mark Hammer

Re: Pine vs. mahogany

I guess your question is really: would virtually ANY well-chosen softwood be acceptable for a guitar body, and the answer is...SURE!

I have a book illustrating the guitars of Danny Ferrington. One of the instruments in there is a 60-minute guitar made from plywood or something (been a while since I looked at it), that Danny traced from a P-bass or something, cut out, stuck a crappy homemade bridge, a Tele neck and Tele pickup on. This thing makes EVH's old tape and spraypaint jobs look like a Collings or PRS Dragon. Ferrington was forced to give it to Ry Cooder, who loved it, and recorded with it that day or something.

You can make guitars out of ANYTHING, folks. The question is, will all the parts you've selected complement each other, will it be playable, and will it be durable.

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JC There are actually lots of "pine ty... -- 4/11/2000 11:45 PM