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WTB - Offcut of wood to fill hole from a kahler trem unit

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meltedbuzzboxmeltedbuzzbox Frets: 10340
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Hello all, 

I am looking for some kind of wood (steady!) to fill a trem cavity for a kahler. 

I am probably looking at 2 - 3 inch square with a depth of about half an inch.

Does anyone have anything out there?
I'm ideally looking for a variant of hard wood

Cheers
The Bigsby was the first successful design of what is now called a whammy bar or tremolo arm, although vibrato is the technically correct term for the musical effect it produces. In standard usage, tremolo is a rapid fluctuation of the volume of a note, while vibrato is a fluctuation in pitch. The origin of this nonstandard usage of the term by electric guitarists is attributed to Leo Fender, who also used the term “vibrato” to refer to what is really a tremolo effect.
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  • Zodiac51Zodiac51 Frets: 340
    @gassage probably has a matching pair of Fender custom shop block-of-wood for filling kahler sized holes. They only made them in black though.
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  • TTonyTTony Frets: 28088
    I've got some Ash offcuts from which I could cut off something smaller.  If that'll do, let me know the actual size you need - if I'm going to cut it, I may as well cut it fairly accurately.

    It'll need planing/sanding because it's just offcuts from planks that I was cutting down to body blank size this morning.


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  • impmannimpmann Frets: 12724
    I have a chunk of mahogany in the garage that would probably do the job, if the rest of the guitar is made of such.
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  • meltedbuzzboxmeltedbuzzbox Frets: 10340
    @TTony that sounds perfect sir. I will get some measurement to you mate. Thank you, thats much appreciated. 

    @impmann cheers fella, the body its going into is alder or basswood (I think).
    Ultimately its gonna be filled and painted so I think any old thing will do. 


    The Bigsby was the first successful design of what is now called a whammy bar or tremolo arm, although vibrato is the technically correct term for the musical effect it produces. In standard usage, tremolo is a rapid fluctuation of the volume of a note, while vibrato is a fluctuation in pitch. The origin of this nonstandard usage of the term by electric guitarists is attributed to Leo Fender, who also used the term “vibrato” to refer to what is really a tremolo effect.
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  • impmannimpmann Frets: 12724
    I've got an old roof joist in the shed! ;-)
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  • TTonyTTony Frets: 28088
    impmann said:
    I've got an old roof joist in the shed! ;-)
    Might be best to leave it there though - unless you want an open-air shed of course!
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  • meltedbuzzboxmeltedbuzzbox Frets: 10340
    I have been known to use Pine door trim before to fill pickup cavities... 
    Did it make a difference? I couldn't tell you. 
    The Bigsby was the first successful design of what is now called a whammy bar or tremolo arm, although vibrato is the technically correct term for the musical effect it produces. In standard usage, tremolo is a rapid fluctuation of the volume of a note, while vibrato is a fluctuation in pitch. The origin of this nonstandard usage of the term by electric guitarists is attributed to Leo Fender, who also used the term “vibrato” to refer to what is really a tremolo effect.
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  • TTonyTTony Frets: 28088
    meltedbuzzbox said:
    I have been known to use Pine door trim before to fill pickup cavities... 
    Did it make a difference? I couldn't tell you. 
    As long as you align the grain patterns carefully, it'd be hard to tell the difference ...

    PM me the dimensions and your address - that'll save me looking at this thread every time there's an update !
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  • meltedbuzzboxmeltedbuzzbox Frets: 10340
    Will do sir. 
    The Bigsby was the first successful design of what is now called a whammy bar or tremolo arm, although vibrato is the technically correct term for the musical effect it produces. In standard usage, tremolo is a rapid fluctuation of the volume of a note, while vibrato is a fluctuation in pitch. The origin of this nonstandard usage of the term by electric guitarists is attributed to Leo Fender, who also used the term “vibrato” to refer to what is really a tremolo effect.
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  • SunDevilSunDevil Frets: 511
    Any timber merchant will have an off-cuts bin and will be more than happy for you to have a rummage - guess you'd actually be doing you a favour?

    Never had to pay and you can get some lurvly off-cuts
    The answer was never 42 - it's 1/137 (..ish)
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