Originally Posted by
timv
If you're backing away from doing a kit, you don't have to go as far as prowling the lumber yards hoping to find the right stuff cut the right way. You can also build from scratch using tonewood blanks. The supplier will have chosen, cut, and graded it for exactly what you're doing. My impression from several years here is that most pro builders most of them time get their wood from companies that are in that business. Siminoff, Stew-Mac, International Violin sell wood for backs, tops, sides, and necks, but there suppliers such as Old Standard and Orcas Island ("Spruce" here on the forum) that just deal in tonewoods. Google and forum search are your friends as always.
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