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Author:  Tai Fu [ Thu May 23, 2019 2:45 am ]
Post subject:  more wood

I bought these wood from a Taiwanese supplier...

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To the left is a LONG (40 inches) piece of purpleheart turning blank, 3" x 3", will be sawn into laminates, while the extra length will probably become headplates/inlay pieces (cost is 25 dollars)

To the middle is same size of Taiwanese Acacia wood. Except it's a bit shorter (about 36"), I see a neck in the future for this one. As you know Acacia is in the same class as koa, so the wood looks kinda like koa, but I don't see any figuring at the moment. It looks close enough to mahogany that I might just put it on a mahogany bodied guitar. Cost is 15 dollars.

To the right is a piece of "Sapele". They call it sapele but it does not have the look/feel of sapele (they are denser than mahogany, and have that stripy grain). It looks a bit like African/honduran mahogany to me. I bought this as neck blank but I don't know because the size is 5.5" x 40" x 2", and I'm thinking maybe I should turn it into a side. I got plenty of other woods to make necks out of... That plank cost me 25 dollars.

Author:  meddlingfool [ Thu May 23, 2019 4:03 am ]
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More wood is always better!

Author:  Colin North [ Thu May 23, 2019 7:05 am ]
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Yeah, useful stuff wood.

Author:  Joe Beaver [ Mon May 27, 2019 1:22 pm ]
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Those will come in very handy

Author:  Tai Fu [ Mon May 27, 2019 1:59 pm ]
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I got a question though...

This sapele I got is rift sawn which I think is ok with sides..

But I bought a big piece of sapele (cost me 40 dollars total, same size but 8 inches wide) and it's completely FLAT sawn. I wanted to make it into a back but I'm not even sure if this is possible. Are flat sawn sapele even used for backs?

Author:  Joe Beaver [ Mon May 27, 2019 9:50 pm ]
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Sapele is a pretty stable wood. I would think flat sawn would work fine for backs.

Author:  Tai Fu [ Mon May 27, 2019 10:01 pm ]
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yea, it just doesn't have that stripy look... but flatsawn it looks more like regular mahogany

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