by Patrick DeGreve » Wed Apr 03, 2013 11:51 am
I'm surprised to Hans. When I first started working for the network in the 70's, it drove me crazy to see the wood they throw out. I could collect enough wood to make a few pine guitars every week, if not every day. Most of the wood is pine cutoffs about 3 feet long, but every once in a while they have to build something out of walnut, oak, mahogany, birch etc. and the scraps just go in the dumpster. I have wanted to try to build a pine guitar for a while now, and I am using pine for the other challenge project. I have even thought about using pine for the bracing on spruce soundboards but I have not done so yet. I have been using brace wood from our sponser. I'm just not sure if pine is right for bracing. Most of it is great quality pine, some tight grained and quatrer sawn.