Pine???PINE???
What are you guys trying to pull, now??? I have never heard of any guitar made of pine...and I live in the New Orleans Metro area...down here we know all about pine wood/trees/cones/the resinous sap, which yields turpentine and pine tar, etc.
Again...???

Don't buy it then i guess.

Who heard of making a guitar out of pine?

Leo Fender (early Broadcaster), Glendale and a few other boutique luthiers. As far as tone, it's spanky and balanced; you get some high-end sparkle but it's not too bright or shrill, there's some resonance in there. It has a very "open" sound, even when not plugged in.

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Texas Roadhouse Music
Guitar/Slide Guitar/Harp/Vocals

http://www.ronkirn.com/tele.htm

These Teles are interesting. 100 year old pine.

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Nothing wrong with pine, IMO.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LqTrvxIt_tI

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I'd try one before I'd knock it. Anybody out there play one?

Three-quarters of all the acoustic guitars ever made (not to mention nearly all violins, violas, cellos and lutes) have spruce tops. Spruce being a species of pine.

Far as solid body electrics are concerned, here is a website where top end custom builder Ron Kirn makes a Strat-type guitar from a nice plank of spruce:

http://www.ronkirn.com/tutorial/index.htm

If it's good enough for Ron...!

Cheers - C

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+1 Ceri

Amazing as to the general belief that only Alder, Ash, Basswood are the only suitable material for guitars. Pity.

Pine...Of the genus Pinus. In temperate regions there are 90 to 100 species of pine.
Many are excellent material for instrument making. Many of these such as Ponderosa Pine is used for turnery, window frames, furniture. The requirement for structural stability for building the former applications would easily qualify for solid body electrics.

The book " Wood Identification and Use " by the author Terry Porter
Isbn-13: 978-1-86108-436-1 is a great reference book. Should give any one interested in alternative wood selections ideas for constructing guitar bodies.

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You do realize that you are refering/hinting at/to live tree's No...
All tree's weep sap, some more than others, Pines, at least the species which would be planted in urban area's are quick growing, the idea being that landscaping needs completion as rapidly as possible.

Granted some species would not be suitable but...

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If its stable and/or pretty why not build an electric guitar out of it.

Andy [quietly eyeing up his mothers antique pine dresser...]

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That's one way of solving the obligation of Tea-time.....

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Tread lightly, Andy......your mum's likely to shoot you.



As for pine's use for a solid-body guitar body, I agree. Properly kiln-dried and aged, I see no reason why it wouldn't make for a stable tone wood. It's easy to tool and the grain can be quite attractive.

JMO

Arjay

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Imagine if Leo fender had that mentality ,
He would be like , "maple. For necks, that's only good
For pancake syrup" (_!_)

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Then you can avoid to buy it....

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Pine furniture

^^ Bumping 1-1/2 years on.....

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