Members Idunno Posted March 11, 2020 Members Share Posted March 11, 2020 Anyone here peruse their site just for grins? I went on it the other day to get something and have to say the place does inspire the building bug. If I didn't know better I might be tempted to assemble the stuff for it, or make my own just based on the optics. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Grant Harding Posted March 12, 2020 Members Share Posted March 12, 2020 I've dropped a fair bit of money on them over the years. Always great quality, but you pay for it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members kwakatak Posted March 12, 2020 Members Share Posted March 12, 2020 If I'm in a bind and need purfling or binding or a rosette I will order it from there and it usually gets to me in 2 days. Whenever I see tuning machines for sale I will buy a set from them too. Probably the most I ever spent on a single item was for a set of walnut back and sides when they had a special, but generally I prefer to buy tonewood from RC Tonewoods up in Buffalo, NY. I've been known to hit up the local lumber yard for flat sawn maple, walnut and mahogany; that's why my first two builds have laminated necks. It's cheaper than spending $160 for a finished one from Stewmac. I find that carving the neck is one of the most satisfying parts of the build. ...speaking of which, I need to see if RC Tonewoods is still having their special of sets of "student grade" sitka spruce for $20 each. It's a world cheaper than spending $600 on a kit with "Torrified" spruce from Stewmac. I feel like their jigs - and LMI's too - are overly pricey and I search for alternatives on Amazon. I usually just try to copy their jigs using hardware from Ace and birch plywood from Lowe's. Building the jigs helps me focus on how I'm supposed to actually use them. It also reduces the cost when I screw up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators daddymack Posted March 12, 2020 Moderators Share Posted March 12, 2020 I will occasionally order from StewMac, but they are, as noted, pricey, and like kwak, I tend to look at their stuff, and figure out how to make it myself for less...but I do repairs, not builds, and sometimes the challenges require some very unique tooling. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil O'Keefe Posted March 12, 2020 Share Posted March 12, 2020 They're a great source of hard to find guitar-specific parts and tools IMO. I do wish they offered more vintage lacquer colors though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members OregonJim Posted April 13, 2020 Members Share Posted April 13, 2020 Stewmac is about the only place to get decent nut files (that I know of). Have been tempted many times to fill up my cart and do a build from scratch - never can decide exactly what I want to build, tho... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members DeepEnd Posted April 14, 2020 Members Share Posted April 14, 2020 18 hours ago, OregonJim said: Stewmac is about the only place to get decent nut files (that I know of). . . . Mine came from Philadelphia Luthier's Tools. They sell (or at least used to sell) direct on eBay. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Mikeo Posted April 14, 2020 Members Share Posted April 14, 2020 Stew Mac is awesome. Several years ago I built a cigar box guitar. The basic parts came from CB Gitty, I needed a few extras which came for Stew Mac. They have everything in the world a luthier would want. My luthier doesn't even use 10% of what they sell. You can really rack up a nice bill at Stew Mac without trying. Building the cigar box, I spent a lot of time get the neck set angle I wanted, so I could play it. My first build ever. Turns out, I do some nice fret work. The cigarbox guitar is up in my attic, my wife says I should hand it up. I put a little piezo pick up in it too. I would buy there again, in a heart beat. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members mikesr1963 Posted April 14, 2020 Members Share Posted April 14, 2020 Serious stuff, serious price, and serious quality. They do have daily emails with deals it's worth signing up for them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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