***** Guitar Project Jigs, Tools & Techniques Online Resources Archives OLF Video Page Library of plans MP3 Library Inlay Class
Offical Luthiers Forum





And our community proudly sponsored by:

RC Tonewoods | Stewart MacDonald | LuthiersForum
TasmanianTonewoods | OLF | OLF MERCH
Luthier Suppliers | Pacific Coast Woods | ELEVATE
OLF X | Tasmanian Acoustic Tonewood | Luthiers Forum Store!
Luthiers Forum | OLF Facebook | AVAIL SPACE
OLF | Alaska Specialty Woods | A.Hix Tonewood
Duke of Pearl | Birkonium CNC | Space




Official Luthiers Forum!

Owned and operated by Lance Kragenbrink
It is currently Fri Aug 22, 2025 4:23 pm


Board index » Luthiers Forum Rooms » Guitar Building Forum

All times are UTC - 5 hours


Forum rules


Be nice, no cussin and enjoy!




Post new topic Reply to topic  Page 1 of 1
  [ 12 posts ] 
  Print view Previous topic | Next topic 
Author Message
meddlingfool
PostPosted: Fri May 11, 2012 1:21 am 
Offline
Brazilian Rosewood
Brazilian Rosewood

Joined: Wed Feb 20, 2008 7:15 pm
Posts: 7555
First name: Ed
Last Name: Bond
City: Nanaimo
Country: Canada
Focus: Build
Status: Professional
I was just about to pull the trigger on an order from Alaska Specialty Woods, and then I got paranoid. I think these are the good guys, but I know there is a similarly named one that is to be avoided...
Have I picked the right Alaska Wood company?
Please Advise...
Top
 Profile  
 
murrmac
PostPosted: Fri May 11, 2012 2:26 am 
Offline
Koa
Koa

Joined: Sun Jul 26, 2009 9:37 am
Posts: 697
First name: Murray
Last Name: MacLeod
City: Edinburgh
Country: UK
Alaska Specialty Woods are in fact the good guys.

Alsaka Tonewoods (run by the McCray family) are the guys in the black hats ...
Top
 Profile  
 
Tom West
PostPosted: Fri May 11, 2012 3:58 am 
Offline
Contributing Member
Contributing Member

Joined: Sun Jan 27, 2008 4:10 pm
Posts: 2764
First name: Tom
Last Name: West
State: Nova Scotia
Country: Canada
Focus: Build
Status: Amateur
They are good folks to deal with and if you want Sitka they have some nice stock. Especially bearclaw.
Tom

_________________
A person who has never made a mistake has never made anything!!!
Top
 Profile  
 
Chris Ensor
PostPosted: Fri May 11, 2012 7:39 am 
Offline
Contributing Member
Contributing Member
User avatar

Joined: Sat Dec 05, 2009 3:51 pm
Posts: 1204
First name: Chris
Last Name: Ensor
City: Springfield
State: Missouri
Focus: Build
Status: Professional
Alaska Specialty Woods is my preferred place to get sitka. Great quality.

_________________
ELEVATE || Next Level Lutherie
http://elevatelutherie.com
&
http://ensorguitars.com
Top
 Profile  
 
LanceK
PostPosted: Fri May 11, 2012 8:26 am 
Offline
Site Admin
User avatar

Joined: Mon Dec 27, 2004 5:02 am
Posts: 8555
Location: United States
First name: Lance
Last Name: Kragenbrink
City: Vandercook Lake
State: Michigan
Zip/Postal Code: 49203
Country: USA
Focus: Build
Status: Semi-pro
Brent at Alaska Specialty Woods is indeed a great guy to work with.
As for the other said place, it would be really great if nothing more was said about it.
Every time they get brought up and bad mouthed I start getting
emails of the unfriendly type.

Thanks [:Y:]

_________________
Support the OLF! Bookmark our STEWMAC link Today!
Lance@LuthiersForum.com
Top
 Profile  
 
meddlingfool
PostPosted: Fri May 11, 2012 9:37 am 
Offline
Brazilian Rosewood
Brazilian Rosewood

Joined: Wed Feb 20, 2008 7:15 pm
Posts: 7555
First name: Ed
Last Name: Bond
City: Nanaimo
Country: Canada
Focus: Build
Status: Professional
'Nuff said then...
Brent it is, and I will remember for next time. Thanks folks...
Top
 Profile  
 
cphanna
PostPosted: Fri May 11, 2012 9:58 am 
Offline
Koa
Koa

Joined: Sat Apr 19, 2008 10:08 pm
Posts: 1958
Location: Missouri
First name: Patrick
Last Name: Hanna
State: Missouri
Country: USA
You've got it, but I'm going to take the opportunity to compliment Brent, too. The first time I ordered from him, he contacted me out of the blue a few days later just to be sure I was happy with the order. It goes without saying that I was happy with the order AND with his service. A great deal of his stock comes from standing deadwood and I like that. I haven't bought big quantities because I'm a hobby guy, but the quality has been superb and the prices very, very reasonable. I think anyone can be confident of satisfaction when they deal with Brent.
Patrick
Top
 Profile  
 
LanceK
PostPosted: Fri May 11, 2012 10:10 am 
Offline
Site Admin
User avatar

Joined: Mon Dec 27, 2004 5:02 am
Posts: 8555
Location: United States
First name: Lance
Last Name: Kragenbrink
City: Vandercook Lake
State: Michigan
Zip/Postal Code: 49203
Country: USA
Focus: Build
Status: Semi-pro
We need a "Like" button at the OLF!

cphanna wrote:
You've got it, but I'm going to take the opportunity to compliment Brent, too. The first time I ordered from him, he contacted me out of the blue a few days later just to be sure I was happy with the order. It goes without saying that I was happy with the order AND with his service. A great deal of his stock comes from standing deadwood and I like that. I haven't bought big quantities because I'm a hobby guy, but the quality has been superb and the prices very, very reasonable. I think anyone can be confident of satisfaction when they deal with Brent.
Patrick

_________________
Support the OLF! Bookmark our STEWMAC link Today!
Lance@LuthiersForum.com
Top
 Profile  
 
Don Williams
PostPosted: Fri May 11, 2012 1:26 pm 
Offline
Contributing Member
Contributing Member

Joined: Mon Dec 27, 2004 11:25 pm
Posts: 7207
Location: United States
Yeah...."Like".

_________________
"I want to know what kind of pickups Vince Gill uses in his Tele, because if I had those, as good of a player as I am, I'm sure I could make it sound like that.
Only badly."
Top
 Profile  
 
Greenman
PostPosted: Fri May 11, 2012 5:17 pm 
Offline
Cocobolo
Cocobolo
User avatar

Joined: Sat Apr 07, 2007 5:07 am
Posts: 161
Location: Ulster Park, New York
First name: Bill
Last Name: Sterling
City: Ulster Park
State: New York
Zip/Postal Code: 12487
Country: United States
Focus: Build
Status: Amateur
:mrgreen: If you go to the website of Alaska Tone woods you get changed to a new website-Celticmusicwoods.com-are these the guys to stay away from? I contacted him about yellow Cedar a while back. Maybe I'm glad I am still thinking about it.

_________________
Mistakes are mandatory-learning from them is optional. http://www.opensourceluthiersupply.com
Top
 Profile  
 
ernie
PostPosted: Fri May 11, 2012 6:11 pm 
Offline
Brazilian Rosewood
Brazilian Rosewood
User avatar

Joined: Thu Jan 06, 2011 6:08 pm
Posts: 2712
First name: ernest
Last Name: kleinman
City: lee's summit
State: mo
Zip/Postal Code: 64081
Country: usa
Focus: Build
Status: Professional
greenman ,your right, caveat emptor buyer beware
Top
 Profile  
 
Dave Fifield
PostPosted: Sat May 12, 2012 12:52 am 
Offline
Koa
Koa
User avatar

Joined: Wed Jan 23, 2008 8:05 pm
Posts: 1567
Location: San Jose, CA
First name: Dave
Last Name: Fifield
City: San Jose
State: CA
Zip/Postal Code: 95124
Country: USA
Focus: Build
Status: Amateur
Is it Alaska Specialty Woods that attend the GAL conference (booth between the two main doors of the upper hall)? If so, I can vouch for the fact that their wood is AWESOME!! For the past two conferences I have come home with stacks of exceedingly high quality soundboard material from them, including some incredible bearclaw.....and all at very fair prices.

Cheers,
Dave F.

_________________
Cambrian Guitars

"There goes Mister Tic-Tac out the back with some bric-brac from the knick-knack rack"
Top
 Profile  
 
Display posts from previous:  Sort by  
Post new topic Reply to topic  Page 1 of 1
  [ 12 posts ] 

Board index » Luthiers Forum Rooms » Guitar Building Forum

All times are UTC - 5 hours


Who is online

Users browsing this forum: Colin North and 9 guests

You cannot post new topics in this forum
You cannot reply to topics in this forum
You cannot edit your posts in this forum
You cannot delete your posts in this forum
You cannot post attachments in this forum

Jump to:  
Powered by phpBB® Forum Software © phpBB Group
phpBB customization services by 2by2host.com