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Well I was cleaning up shop and decided to stack up a few guitars.... there are 2 more but it was getting too wobbly! ;)

Can you guess the woods?

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as seen in first picture
BRW? not sure too light in over all color but nice spider webbing
IRW
Ziricote
IRW
Bolivian Walnut
Cherry
Aff. Blackwood
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Black Limba
Cocobolo
Ziricote
Indian rosewood
Camatillo rosewood
Australian (Tasmanian) Blackwood
African Blackwood

Beautiful stack, Peter!

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from the top pic
Black Imbyia
Madagascar
ziracote
East Indian
Brazillian
Koa
Macasser Ebony
looking forward to see if I got any right.
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Steve Kinnaird wrote:
Top picture:
Black Limba
Cocobolo
Ziricote
Indian rosewood
Camatillo rosewood
Australian (Tasmanian) Blackwood
African Blackwood

Beautiful stack, Peter!

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Good job Steve!!! But you missed one! Eat Drink

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Ok, I was undecided on the Cocobolo. Is it Honduran?
Is the African Blackwood really Wenge? (Nah...)

Again, that's some really purty stuff there.

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Here's a hint:
Black Limba on top
African Blackwood on the bottom.

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Black Limba
Honduran RW
Ziricote
East Indian RW
Camatillo RW
Australian (Tasmanian) Blackwood aka Black Acacia
African Blackwood

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nope....

try again!

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Black Limba
BRW
Ziricote
Indian rosewood
Camatillo rosewood
Australian (Tasmanian) Blackwood
African Blackwood

Winner gets half of John Mayes' zipflex stash right Peter?

Eat Drink
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beehive beehive

let's see if you can resist the temptation...

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AndrewGribble wrote:
Black Limba
BRW
Ziricote
Indian rosewood
Camatillo rosewood
Australian (Tasmanian) Blackwood
African Blackwood

Winner gets half of John Mayes' zipflex stash right Peter?

Eat Drink


wrong and wrong....
winner gets half of John Mayes spleen....

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frank777 wrote:
beehive beehive

let's see if you can resist the temptation...

http://www.acousticguitarforum.com/foru ... 828&page=5



that's so not fair..... idunno

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Yeah, that wasn't fair. I couldn't resist the temptation. I peeked......I ate from the forbidden fruit. I feel so ashamed. :twisted:

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Hey! Whadda ya Know! I got em all right!
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peterm wrote:
Steve Kinnaird wrote:
Top picture:
Black Limba
Cocobolo
Ziricote
Indian rosewood
Camatillo rosewood
Australian (Tasmanian) Blackwood
African Blackwood

Beautiful stack, Peter!

Steve


Good job Steve!!! But you missed one! Eat Drink


really? Wow.. that would have been my guess exactly...

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Black Limba
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Let me revise my guess:

Oak
Balsa
Sweet Gum
Bird's Eye Maple
Aspen
Poplar
Carbon fiber (burled)

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SimonF wrote:
Black Limba
Bocote
Ziricote
Indian Rosewood
Camatillo Rosewood
Australian Blackwood
African Blackwood


I bet this is right... bocote looks incredibly similar to cocobolo sometimes.

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To me, the bocote gave itself away in the top pic with the bodies stacked. It wasn't obvious at all in the next pic (I have some bocote, and it looks similar, but it doesn't resemble coco at all. Least not the stuff I currently have)
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