What kind of wood should I use for a body?

[Coyote]

I was thinking about making a guitar body, I was going to use Osage orange?
dose any one know if that is a good kind of wood to use? we have a lot of Osage orange trees around so I'm going to go cut one down and rip it to size.
Any ideas?????

Thanks all.

[CharvelRocker]

Osage orange? An orange tree? Do they even come off trees? I don't remember. I get the feeling its not what you are looking for. Guitar woods used now are used because they are, well, proven.

[Learn Guitars]

You will have to wait a considerable amount of time for Osage to dry. At room temerature, you may be waiting a couple years before it is stable enough to use. It will be quite heavy as well. You may want to consider buying a blank from www.stewmac.com or www.warmoth.com if you wish to do it quickly.

[Coyote]

Hey Thanks for all of the info.

[Cygnus X1]

Hey, Coyote...it took me a while to find this, excellent thread on woods:

http://www.jcfonline.com/forums/showthread.php?t=75623

[GWARGHOUL]

You want to use the good stuff, like Balsa, Agathis and Poplar.
Lucite sounds better than wood.

[Dreamland_Rebel]

spacehog posted this in the thread link Cygnus X1 posted. i found it a real good read and should give you a heads up on tonewoods.

http://www.jemsite.com/jem/wood.htm

[fett]

Kind of a sidenote. While doing my rounds, I always look for those really thick coffee tables. I'll find what I am looking for one of these days. A 2in thick table made of Monkey Pod. Not Monkey Pud.

[straycat]

Doesn't osage have a lot of sap?Like pine you'll need to let it dry for several years.