Acoustic Guitar Construction

Other than mahogany, cedar and maple, what other woods are good for making acoustic necks?

Walnut & Sipo.

Black Walnut, Cherry, Birch ----- properly dried of course

I have been using sapele for the last couple of necks.

I found Sapele a bit on the heavy side, African Mahogany too. Don't expect either one of those to have the wonderful machining characteristic of Honduran Mahogany. Both are prone to fuzzing and splintering, but they do work I've used both.

ken cierp wrote:I found Sapele a bit on the heavy side, African Mahogany too. Don't expect either one of those to have the wonderful machining characteristic of Honduran Mahogany. Both are prone to fuzzing and splintering, but they do work I've used both.

That has been my experience as well. Sometimes when I want a darker color without having to apply stain I go to one of those, otherwise, it's Honduran mahogany for me.

I am building a sapele neck right now, will be my 3rd, and I agree it is a little heavier than Honduras hog. I do however find it easy enough to carve and I really like the coloring. I paired it with a Cocobolo dred and that was one heavy guitar. This one is going with cherry and I hope that the balance will be alright.