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I have a guy whos talking to me about building him a guitar.

we've gone through a bunch of wood options and its LOOKING like maybe Tassie Balckwood, & Port Oxford cedar, but noting is anywhere NEAR decided yet.

I've worked with EI Rosewood, Maple, Walnut, Leopardwood, Granadillo, Mahogany & Oak.

is TBW harder to bend than any of them?

I've never had any in my hands before.....

Thanks!!

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Bends pretty much just like Koa 300F-310f. Like with any wood the figure may play a role but I never had an issue Black Acacia. (Tas Blackwood). One thing I will suggest is that you bend it with very little added moisture and wrapped in kraft paper as aluminum foil can react with resins and stain the wood a green. this will almost always sand out but not using foil will eliminate most of it but you so need a buffer like kraft paper between the wood and slats.

okay.......

I've never bent Koa!!

He's talking about a Lowden sized Jumbo with a cutaway........

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OK then it will bend similar to bending something between Maple and IRW.

as far as the cutaway if the wood is figured you might want to use SuperSoftII a couple days in advance of the bend. It would not hurt to use it anyway

cool, thanks!!

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