Comments on: Black Walnut Log: Guitar Tone Wood

By: Jerry Kinley

Jerry Kinley — Sun, 17 Oct 2010 03:52:12 +0000

Hi im from pennsylvania , and im 18 and have built 2 solid body electric guitars out of american blackwalnut. It was cut down in 2002 and was sitting in our woods. it dried on its own and finally last year i slabbed a few pieces up. The wood is amazing to work with and provided one of the best tones ive heard in all the guitars and woods that i have worked with. If you have any questions about the wood while in the shaping or building process ,feel free to contact me at JJK5904@gmail.com

By: John Callaghan

John Callaghan — Tue, 04 Aug 2009 18:23:36 +0000

I’m planning on building a walnut guitar with the assistance of a couple neighbors. Fortunately they are both woodworkers. When you say the wood is 50 years old, do you mean the TREE was 50 years old when you cut it down, or it’s been sitting around for 50 years after being cut? I cut down a nice big walnut two winters ago and had it milled last summer. My guess is I’ll have about 50% of the planks of good enough quality to actually use. Wood has pretty much a mind of it’s own. From the top view picture it looks like you have a few nasty splits. Good luck.

By: Ovidiu

Ovidiu — Sat, 07 Mar 2009 08:34:18 +0000

That is one of the most interesting projects once could start, in my opinion, building a guitar from scratch is like a secret of life No kidding, for me is something I would love to do once in a life time…

By: Adina

Adina — Sat, 07 Mar 2009 01:03:15 +0000

Nice wood. The log is cool too. Good luck on getting that thing sliced up.

By: Sara

Sara — Fri, 06 Mar 2009 14:48:59 +0000

The photos are so cool! can’t wait to see that wood morph into a guitar!