is this maple thick enough?

[slash is god]

Solidbody Top Wood at Stewart-MacDonald

Curly maple: Bookmatched set. Each half is approximately
1/4" x 7" x 20" (6.35mm x 177.80mm x 508.00mm).

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Originally Posted by slash is god

Solidbody Top Wood at Stewart-MacDonald

Curly maple: Bookmatched set. Each half is approximately
1/4" x 7" x 20" (6.35mm x 177.80mm x 508.00mm).

Nah mate.... for a les paul, it has to be atleast half an inch...... i've researched , some use 5/8'' maple to 3/4''....


try this website for cheap maple.

https://ssl155.lighthousehosting.com...home.php?cat=9

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^ cheers mate you've been very helpful

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anyone have any idea the width it should be? so far i can only find up to 12"

[treddingjr]

My replica ended up right around 5/8. My wood came from NW Timber. Northwest Timber

They have pictures of the billets and I was able to find the flame I wanted. I had enough for two tops from the one piece which I had to split to bookmatch. I traced a Les Paul on white paper, cut it out, folded it in half, and then positioned it to take best advantage of the figure in the wood. That also got me two tops.

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cheers mate, do they do international shipping?

[treddingjr]

Originally Posted by slash is god

cheers mate, do they do international shipping?

Don't know - follow the link and check out their wood and prices

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Originally Posted by slash is god

anyone have any idea the width it should be? so far i can only find up to 12"

the website i gave you has 7'' wide maple, you can half it to get a 14'' bookmatched maple top .... the site i showed you do ship internationally, but shipping costs around 50 dollars to New Zealand so it must be same around Australia.


someone posted this website on Treddingjr's thread
North Ridge Hardwoods
they ship international as well, shipping also costs 50 dollars.

Figured Maple - Information and Pricing at LMI

this website also sells maple ...

[slash is god]

thank you, you guys have been very helpful, I need to get rough estimations of pricing to work out my budget, its good to plan a few months ahead. So far I am on roughly $520 for the maple top, electronics, bridge and tail piece and such, not counting the mahogany body, neck and ebony frets.

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i'd advice you to buy flame maple from Ebay. they cost 30 bucks plus shipping of around 30-50 bucks. you'd save heaps of money and basically get good quality wood... but if you can afford to ...those websites are great.

[slash is god]

Originally Posted by ???

i'd advice you to buy flame maple from Ebay. they cost 30 bucks plus shipping of around 30-50 bucks. you'd save heaps of money and basically get good quality wood... but if you can afford to ...those websites are great.

cheers mate! so far you've helped me with all my questions.

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Originally Posted by slash is god

cheers mate! so far you've helped me with all my questions.

No problems mate, a year ago i was exactly where you were, gathering info for a les paul build..... my build starts in 2 weeks time. I'll be recording every aspect of the build and posting it as an Ebook on this forum so future builders with no prior knowledge like myself can start working in a matter of hours after reading the information.

[Eggy]

Originally Posted by ???

I'll be recording every aspect of the build and posting it as an Ebook on this forum so future builders with no prior knowledge like myself can start working in a matter of hours after reading the information.

That sounds fantastic !!!

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Originally Posted by Eggy

That sounds fantastic !!!

yeah.. unfortunately i don't have my mahogany i'll be getting that in a couple of months..... so i'll be making a gibson explorer first (with an ancient kauri back and neck - flatsawn to get the nice grain )and make an ebook for it.... get some experience before tackling the more challenging les paul build. .... eventually i will post that book here too...


i m hoping to get the front to look like this
http://cachepe.samedaymusic.com/medi...95b8477692.jpg


and the back like this




and hopefully during december i'll start making an ebook of a es335 ..... but thats a future build...