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Just wondering if there would be any interest in African Blackwood Dalbergia melanoxylon in 3 or 4 pc. backs pre glued into 2 pc. sets.

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Sure, especially if the price would be 3 or 4 times lower than normal

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It depends on the grain. If it is well quartered so that the joints disappear into the grain lines, or if it is dark enough in the joints to hide the jointsk, or if it can be made to look like one of those abrupt landscaping breaks you sometimes get in Rosewood, then I am ALL for it.

John

John it is supposedly qs some with sapwood and black. I have the confidence to join them and have the sets look good. Just wasn't sure if it is a viable alternative. Wider stock is near impossible to find.

Arnt maybe not 3 -4 times cheaper but considerably less than the $500 range that I have seen.

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I have no prejudices against multi piece backs and would be very interested.   I have seen Martin guitars with 4 piece tops that looked good and sounded fine. I am sure lute makers don't object to such things and if Colin likes it, it can't be bad John Kinnaird38750.3666782407

Bob,
I don't think that there would be any trouble selling it. I would have some interest.

I would pretty well want the sides to be one piece. Can't imagine the trouble involved with bending a two piece side, though I have seen the results in vihuela's and such.

[QUOTE=John Kinnaird] I would pretty well want the sides to be one piece. Can't imagine the trouble involved with bending a two piece side, though I have seen the results in vihuela's and such.[/QUOTE]

Yeah ^^^ What John said. I'm interested if the price is attractive.

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Sides would be one piece.

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Bob I've always tried to stay away from pre joined multi piece backs. Not necessarily because they are multi piece but because they are pre joined. I'd rather join them myself knowing exactly how they are done. Not at all that I don't trust your skills, it's just an unknown that I'd rather not introduce in my building.
Just my opinion, but then again you asked for it.

Thanks Paul. Maybe they could be offered both ways.

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[QUOTE=John Kinnaird] I would pretty well want the sides to be one piece.
Can't imagine the trouble involved with bending a two piece side, though I
have seen the results in vihuela's and such.[/QUOTE]

Sobell seems to be doing it on a regular basis, he calls that scantling. Seems
like a lot of extra work too.
Sobell
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Laurent Brondel
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Bob,

I would be interested too, and I'm with everyone above. I don't mind 4 piece backs. But like Paul I'd rather join them myself, so I can decide the method and grain orientation, and if I want purfling between the plates, etc.

I'd also be interested in it for bridge blanks.jfrench38750.4638888889

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If Bob sells jointed 4 piece backs, and you want to join them yourself, it is a simple matter to unjoint and rejoint them.

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Wish I woulda known you were getting this, I just paid that other price for a set

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I'm also in Paul's camp. If I bought some, I'd want to joint myself, and no, taking someone else's joint apart isn't good. Too much risk for damage, and if we try to cut through, there's a risk of more damage, not to mention reducing the width.

I guess my point is that all of us know how to join wood at this point. The wood will sell without you doing extra work for us.

Hey Laurent;
I think a "scantling" is a piece of wood (or other material) that is too small to use.
As the worlds forests shrink, we will all be forced to make do with smaller pieces of wood.

Bob; I *might* be interested too, but I'd want to to the jointing myself. I used scraps (scantlings) of figured Maple for a four piece zook back & it looks great!
Years ago Micheal Dunn showed me a Gabon Ebony guitar with (i think) five piece sides. He put a Bloodwood purfling strip at each joint. It looked a bit gaudy to my admitedly conservative eye, but it certainly proved that it's possible to pull it off.

I'd be interested and I would want to do my own jointing and joining.

And has that Dunn dude been stealing my designs in advance again?!

Howard Klepper38750.582025463

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OK so all you guys think this blind senile old man doesn't have an eye for joining backs Well all the better. Makes it much easier on me.
Mario actually cutting them apart with your super duper Freud blade is quite simple but alas won't be necessary.

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Bob
Dude, feel free to joint mine. I trust ya and its just one less thing for me. You probably would do a better job anyway.

Howard did you do that? Its an incredable looking box.
John

It's not that I don't think you can join them, but I may have a different idea on how I'd orient them, and I'd like that option. If nothing else, it's safer to ship smaller pieces stcked one on top of the other than wider sections.

Like I said, everyone here can easily join wood; may as well leave it to us

Yup... Like Mario said!

Actually I think you guys are right on. Beauty is in the eye of the beholder.

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[QUOTE=Howard Klepper] I'd be interested and I would want to do my own jointing and joining.

And has that Dunn dude been stealing my designs in advance again?!

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Howard I love it!!!!!!

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