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MESQUITE

Wow that was quick

[QUOTE=Hesh1956] I would have guessed mesquite too sight unseen because you have been telling us lately that you were going to build with it..... [/QUOTE]

People actually pay attintion to what I say?

Actually, I knew because I just got two sets myself--Mine is very similar to yours only more burl in teh pattern.
Please let me know how it is to work with and how to bend it.

Mesquite.

What is the tap tone like?

Davemesquite838987.5844907407

There was some mesquite for sale at the ASIA Symposium that had the tightest and most intense curl I've ever seen. It seemed like decent wood.

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I am not sure of the tap tone yet. I played a OOO made with it last year. It had an Engelman top. nice clear bright tone.

Mesquite is one of the most stable wood there are as far as carpentry is concerned.

The stability is nice. However, another nice featureis thatif you scorch the sides while bending all is not lost, you can always use the wood to smoke some meat!

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Merrimack, NH
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MichaelP,

Are you going to share with us where we can pick some up? Being from these parts myself, log size is hard to come by. I have not seen any available, but sure looks nice.

af-one you can chime in as well

Mike
White Oak, Texas

Mike, I guess I can say, Bob has 4 sets left but I have to tell you that the sides are way lighter than the back. He is going to go back and try to find some sides that match but what he has now looks like the backs are Black Mesquite and the sides are Honey Mesquite. I am going to do a burst so I think I can pull it off with the light sides. I have been looking for 2 years for a back set large enough to do an SJ so I jumped when he said he had these. MichaelP38987.6741203704

Hey.. your suppose to smoke meats with that stuff not make guitars

I'll have to check some of that out, it looks like walnut in some ways..

-Paul-

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Patriot Guitars

If you are lost in the desert of the south west and run short on food the beans of the Mesquite are quite good to eat. Also they will help raise blood sugar levels in diabetics quickly. Dried beans can be ground into a quit passable coffee substitute. Some of the sweetest honey you have ever tasted comes from the nectar of the Mesquite blossomMichaelP38987.6885185185

Adding to your trivia, I think Mesquite is the world's most stable wood. Flatsawn, quartersawn - it doesn't really matter.
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After Bob's stash is sold, how about looking for set material using 3-piece or 4-piece backs?

Since Mesquite is so incredibly stable, and almost identical in the tiny "shrinkage factor" radially (2.2%) and tangentially (2.6%), I wonder if even Mesquite with a large amount of burl clusters would be stable enough for guitars. I bet it would.

Dennis

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Dennis Leahy
Duluth, MN, USA
7th Sense Multimedia

Nice wood!

Hey Mike S.--on your way to Nacogdoches, you probably drove through Mount Enterprise? There is a little hardwood yard on the right hand side of the road called, creatively, The Hardwood Barn. Ever seen it?
Anyway, my bro scored a Mesquite board that was 8 feet long, 1" thick, by about 10" wide. And it was curly as it could be. Of course, that piece is gone, but they probably will get more. Next time I'm there I'll look into that for you.

Steve

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Steve, I have been there a time or two and got a private tour while they were closed not long ago by the owner. They have some really nice stuff, mostly flatsawn from what I could tell, but a huge variety. They had some of that Texas Ebony Wood as well that was discussed on a thread a while back. I am through there pretty regular, I will stop by and check on the Mesquite. I am not set up to resaw, that would be a problem. By the way, I am closing the box on one of my Ambrosia guitars (inspired by yours) which is going to a praise leader at a church. I will be posting pics as soon as I get the binding set.

Good to hear from you my friend,I hope things are going well for you and the Ms. down in Nacogdoches town.

Mike
White Oak, Texas

Thanks, Mike...not too bad at all.

Will love to see pics of the Ambrosia guitar when done!

Steve

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I turned some pens from some figured mesquite, they were beautiful with the shelac finish. Could not get much of a tap tone though.

Donovan