Salty Dogs: My boatbuilding hobby has spilled over into my building musical instruments hobby (that's right, I didn't have enough headaches and junk laying around in the garage/backyard). I am looking for some quarter sawn sitka spruce, relatively knot-free either kiln dried or minimum 3 yrs aged; prefer 7 yrs. Size would be minimum length 6'x2"x4 or 6". Any ideas on this one? I live in the Bay Area, CA. I am willing to mail order if I can find something reasonable.
Salty Dogs: My boatbuilding hobby has spilled over into my building musical instruments hobby (that's right, I didn't have enough headaches and junk laying around in the garage/backyard). I am looking for some quarter sawn sitka spruce, relatively knot-free either kiln dried or minimum 3 yrs aged; prefer 7 yrs. Size would be minimum length 6'x2"x4 or 6". Any ideas on this one? I live in the Bay Area, CA. I am willing to mail order if I can find something reasonable.
Salty Dogs: My boatbuilding hobby has spilled over into my building musical instruments hobby (that's right, I didn't have enough headaches and junk laying around in the garage/backyard). I am looking for some quarter sawn sitka spruce, relatively knot-free either kiln dried or minimum 3 yrs aged; prefer 7 yrs. Size would be minimum length 6'x2"x4 or 6". Any ideas on this one? I live in the Bay Area, CA. I am willing to mail order if I can find something reasonable.
Wood B. Good
Kind of brings to mind a decked sailboat with "f"-holes - a whole new way to tune the rig. Check Flounder Bay Lumber in Anacortes, Washington (800) 228-4691 or Fred Tebb & Sons (Portland Oregon, if I remember right - could be Seattle).
Wood B. Good
Kind of brings to mind a decked sailboat with "f"-holes - a whole new way to tune the rig. Check Flounder Bay Lumber in Anacortes, Washington (800) 228-4691 or Fred Tebb & Sons (Portland Oregon, if I remember right - could be Seattle).
Wood B. Good
Kind of brings to mind a decked sailboat with "f"-holes - a whole new way to tune the rig. Check Flounder Bay Lumber in Anacortes, Washington (800) 228-4691 or Fred Tebb & Sons (Portland Oregon, if I remember right - could be Seattle).
Fred Tebb & Sons is in Tacoma, WA. No personal experiences but have heard they are good to work with.
Ed
Fred Tebb & Sons is in Tacoma, WA. No personal experiences but have heard they are good to work with.
Ed
Fred Tebb & Sons is in Tacoma, WA. No personal experiences but have heard they are good to work with.
Ed
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Fred Tebb and sons izz good, been doing business with them for over 30 years and they will ship anywhere.
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Fred Tebb and sons izz good, been doing business with them for over 30 years and they will ship anywhere.
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Fred Tebb and sons izz good, been doing business with them for over 30 years and they will ship anywhere.
Try Macbeth hardwoods in Oakland first. If not there then you can have it shipped from Flounder bay boat lumber in Anacortes WA.
Try Macbeth hardwoods in Oakland first. If not there then you can have it shipped from Flounder bay boat lumber in Anacortes WA.
Try Macbeth hardwoods in Oakland first. If not there then you can have it shipped from Flounder bay boat lumber in Anacortes WA.
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I would highly recommend checking out the Woodfinder website ( hhtp://www.wdfinder.com ) if you haven't already done so. I entered 'Sitka' as the search criteria, selected 'Mail Order' as well as 'Instrument Wood' and got 11 hits, one of which was in California. The California one was:
Woods Unlimited
1620 Doolittle Dr
San Leandro, CA 94577
I should hasten to add that I, of course, know nothing about Woods Unlimited other than what I saw on Wood Finder...
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I would highly recommend checking out the Woodfinder website ( hhtp://www.wdfinder.com ) if you haven't already done so. I entered 'Sitka' as the search criteria, selected 'Mail Order' as well as 'Instrument Wood' and got 11 hits, one of which was in California. The California one was:
Woods Unlimited
1620 Doolittle Dr
San Leandro, CA 94577
I should hasten to add that I, of course, know nothing about Woods Unlimited other than what I saw on Wood Finder...
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I would highly recommend checking out the Woodfinder website ( hhtp://www.wdfinder.com ) if you haven't already done so. I entered 'Sitka' as the search criteria, selected 'Mail Order' as well as 'Instrument Wood' and got 11 hits, one of which was in California. The California one was:
Woods Unlimited
1620 Doolittle Dr
San Leandro, CA 94577
I should hasten to add that I, of course, know nothing about Woods Unlimited other than what I saw on Wood Finder...
I was in Woods Unlimited awhile back to purchase some sitka spruce. I believe Mr. Buchanan is the owner. He will help you find what you need right there in his warehouse. He has quite a variety of exotic woods. My boat is about a mile from there in San Leandro Marina.
I was in Woods Unlimited awhile back to purchase some sitka spruce. I believe Mr. Buchanan is the owner. He will help you find what you need right there in his warehouse. He has quite a variety of exotic woods. My boat is about a mile from there in San Leandro Marina.
I was in Woods Unlimited awhile back to purchase some sitka spruce. I believe Mr. Buchanan is the owner. He will help you find what you need right there in his warehouse. He has quite a variety of exotic woods. My boat is about a mile from there in San Leandro Marina.
Originally posted by WILLIAM E. HARRIS:
I was in Woods Unlimited awhile back to purchase some sitka spruce. I believe Mr. Buchanan is the owner. He will help you find what you need right there in his warehouse. He has quite a variety of exotic woods. My boat is about a mile from there in San Leandro Marina.
Originally posted by WILLIAM E. HARRIS:
I was in Woods Unlimited awhile back to purchase some sitka spruce. I believe Mr. Buchanan is the owner. He will help you find what you need right there in his warehouse. He has quite a variety of exotic woods. My boat is about a mile from there in San Leandro Marina.
Originally posted by WILLIAM E. HARRIS:
I was in Woods Unlimited awhile back to purchase some sitka spruce. I believe Mr. Buchanan is the owner. He will help you find what you need right there in his warehouse. He has quite a variety of exotic woods. My boat is about a mile from there in San Leandro Marina.
THANKS EVERYONE for your excellent input.
THANKS EVERYONE for your excellent input.
THANKS EVERYONE for your excellent input.
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