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Author:  RogerC108 [ Sun Mar 11, 2012 4:36 pm ]
Post subject:  Wood Score!

A fellow forumite from TDPRI was kind enough to hook me up with a pretty large piece of walnut. It was 9" wide x 3/4" thick x about 7 1/2' long. I had it resawn on Friday and I'll be able to get about 4 tops out of it as well as some fretboards. This same place was also having a wood sale, and I scored some mahogany and maple.

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Not sure how well it shows up, but the mahogany has some nice ribbons to it, and the maple has some really great grain with a fair amount of curl as well.

I'll be able to get 3 necks each out of the mahogany and maple, and I only paid $23 total.

Author:  RogerC108 [ Sun Mar 11, 2012 10:50 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Wood Score!

Oh yeah. That's actually what I put on the other tele that I built, and I love it. It's probably my favorite fret board wood now.

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You can pore fill with CA or whatever if you want, but I didn't bother on the tele build because I wanted a rougher look.

Author:  jimmysux [ Sun Mar 11, 2012 11:53 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Wood Score!

Very cool! I love walnut too. Nice score!

Author:  Ti-Roux [ Mon Mar 12, 2012 1:14 am ]
Post subject:  Re: Wood Score!

I would not use walnut for fretboard, especially if it is flat/rift sawn.

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