best place to buy cheap (ish) body blanks?

markblack

I'm trying my hand at making a guitar body. I will 100% make a mess of things so I'm looking for the best place to buy affordable blanks? Need to be ready to cut to shape so pre glued 2 or 3 piece or one piece is fine.

Any suggestions much appreciated?

Cheers

Mark

axisus

They are never that cheap. I usually get something off eBay. I did make a tele body for an old mahogany fireplace that I reclaimed from the street!

no reason for you to mess up. You want a router, a bit with a bearing and some template files. I made my own templates, which needless to say takes more time but is cheaper.

markblack

@axisus I'll keep an eye on ebay. Fingers crossed I won't mess it up too much - I'm doing my research first and getting my head around it - I'm going to start very simple first. I'll try making a template as you suggested. cheers.

paulnb57

BooBoo guitars had a couple recently

Funkfingers

axisus said:

reclaimed from the street

Do you live near a railway line?

You could build a guitar that could properly be described as a sleeper.