Members bluesnapper Posted June 13, 2012 Members Share Posted June 13, 2012 An artist friend of mine is going to design and paint a cool psychedelic guitar for me! So I need a body... might as well make it as high quality as possible. My engineer drummer says he can CNC a body for me if I provide a blank, but might just buy a pre-shaped Tele body - I'm undecided. Probably want alder but might be tempted by ash. So - where are the best places in the UK to order body blanks or guitar bodies from? Cheers guys! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members csm Posted June 13, 2012 Members Share Posted June 13, 2012 Wait until Ratae shows up ... he knows all this stuff ... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members bluesnapper Posted June 14, 2012 Author Members Share Posted June 14, 2012 No? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Ratae Corieltauvorum Posted June 14, 2012 Moderators Share Posted June 14, 2012 If you want body blanks, there are two good options Robert Smith at Timberline (Exotic Hardwoods) is an amateur luthier himself: exotic.hardwoods@virgin.net The other is to use Tonetech http://www.tonetechluthiersupplies.co.uk/ Both are good to deal with I am unable to recommend any UK supplier of ready made good bodies or necks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members knotty Posted June 14, 2012 Members Share Posted June 14, 2012 AxesRus http://www.axesrus.com/AcousticTele.html sell them. Never bought one of the bodies so can't vouch for them. I have bought other stuff though and they are a great company to deal with. I can't fault them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Ratae Corieltauvorum Posted June 14, 2012 Moderators Share Posted June 14, 2012 AxesRus http://www.axesrus.com/AcousticTele.html sell them. Never bought one of the bodies so can't vouch for them. I have bought other stuff though and they are a great company to deal with. I can't fault them. Axesrus are good with most parts but not when it comes to high quality bodies and necks. EDIT: Their descriptions are also getting flowierer, and the description of Sapele verges on plain wrong....sapele is never known as African mahogany, however as above when it come sto plain old standard parts n stuff like knobs screws guards pickups etc, they offer a decent service, although their delivery times have got worse since they switched to Hermes Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members bluesnapper Posted June 14, 2012 Author Members Share Posted June 14, 2012 Thanks guys. I may get lazy and just buy a body but seeing as I have a buddy with access to professional engineering gear I might as well take advantage - it'll be cheaper too. I think there was a Tele CNC drawing linked to on TGP... I'll see if I can track it down... Thanks again! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Ratae Corieltauvorum Posted June 14, 2012 Moderators Share Posted June 14, 2012 This guy will build what you want, and he sounds quietly confident, but I have yet to sample his wares http://www.ebay.co.uk/sch/1jonone/m.html?hash=item4ab88df11e&item=320923889950&pt=UK_Musical_Instruments_Guitars_CV&rt=nc&_trksid=p4340.l2562 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members knotty Posted June 14, 2012 Members Share Posted June 14, 2012 Axesrus are good with most parts but not when it comes to high quality bodies and necks.EDIT: Their descriptions are also getting flowierer, and the description of Sapele verges on plain wrong....sapele is never known as African mahogany, however as above when it come sto plain old standard parts n stuff like knobs screws guards pickups etc, they offer a decent service, although their delivery times have got worse since they switched to Hermes Thats a shame to hear Ratae, when I used them they were usually by return post. Thanks for the heads up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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