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This weekend I met a craftsman who uses Mun Ebony for his figures. The figure is beautiful and interesting and it has a wonderful ringing tone. Has anyone built a guitar with this wood, and if so what is your opinion to use it as tonewood?


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I've got one in my que. I should be working on it by Sept.
I've done some of the earlier stuff on it like a rosette, and a bookmatched fingerboard. It's a great wood to work with once you get over the expense.



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Paul, that's about the coolest fretboard I've ever seen!

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Yeah no doubt about it, that is one cool looking fretboard!!! Man your a lucky duck,
Thanks goodness its in the hands of a custom builder!
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I believe that Mun Ebony is also sold as Malaysian Blackwood.

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Looks a lot like the macassar ebony I have. Paul, that FB is outstanding. Wonderful job of bookmatching.

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Maylasian Blackwood Diospyros sp.

Mun Ebony Diospyros mun

Macassar Ebony Diospyros celebica

Black-and-White Ebony (Diospyros embryopteris).

Family: Ebenaceae

All fine tonewood.

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Yeah, what Bob said, but in English.


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One of our sponsors (AC Woods) has a good selection of Mun Ebony on their site. Spectacular looking wood, but at the price I was too nervous about cracking a side to buy a set.
Anyone have any experience in bending this stuff???


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Gee Bob, how come you didn't list the sub-species on that Malaysian Blackwood? We knew it was a diospyros......


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