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Evan Heisler

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Posted: Wed Dec 05, 2007 9:46 am

Mahogany

Joined: Sun Jan 22, 2006 9:11 am
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Location: United States

I was wondering if anyone here had some recommended reading for someone with an interest to learn more about the woods used in guitar building. Not necessarily as specific as tonal qualities, but maybe a reference that gives genus, region, identifying characteristics, and things of that nature.

With the wealth of knowledge here on the OLF, I wouldn't be surprised if someone here had written this book! But hopefully someone has some recommendations.

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Pwoolson

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Posted: Wed Dec 05, 2007 9:50 am

Brazilian Rosewood

Joined: Sat Jan 08, 2005 1:26 am
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Location: United States

It's not a book but you might check out
http://www.fpl.fs.fed.us/
They have lots of great resources. And they are right down the street from me to boot.

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GregH

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Posted: Wed Dec 05, 2007 10:53 am

Cocobolo

Joined: Wed Oct 10, 2007 10:23 am
Posts: 230
Location: United States

Evan,

I have a couple of suggestions

Lutherie Woods and Steel String Guitars from GAL.

and something that's not exactly what you're looking for

The Wild Trees about free climbers who climb 350ft redwoods.

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John Lewis

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Posted: Wed Dec 05, 2007 11:15 am

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Location: United States
First name: John
Last Name: Lewis
City: Newnan
State: Georgia
Zip/Postal Code: 30265
Country: USA
Focus: Build
Status: Amateur

Understanding Wood and Identifying Wood by Bruce Hoadley are two of the best books about wood published. Look these up on the web and try to find them for sale - it's worth it.

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Wannabe builder owned by 2 crazy dachshunds

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David R White

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Posted: Wed Dec 05, 2007 11:42 am

Cocobolo

Joined: Tue Aug 15, 2006 8:03 am
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Location: Toronto, Canada

As John says...I have Understanding Wood and it's great. It's not related to instruments but has a wealth of information about wood and its characteristics.

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David White, Toronto

"All my favourite singers can't sing."

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Don A

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Posted: Wed Dec 05, 2007 12:23 pm

Koa

Joined: Wed Dec 29, 2004 3:48 pm
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First name: Don
Last Name: Atwood
City: Arlington
State: Virginia
Country: USA
Focus: Build
Status: Amateur

Here are a couple of good web sources.

AgroForestry Tree Database

Center for Wood Anatomy Research

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Arlington, VA

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Evan Heisler

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Posted: Wed Dec 05, 2007 2:10 pm

Mahogany

Joined: Sun Jan 22, 2006 9:11 am
Posts: 54
Location: United States

Thanks everyone for the leads. This is what I was looking for!

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AndrewGribble

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Posted: Thu Dec 06, 2007 7:34 am

I would third Hoadley's Understanding Wood. Very interesting read and more than you might ever want to know about wood in general.

Another one I might recommend is A Guide to Useful Woods of the World by James H. Flynn, Jr. and Charles D. Holder (both of the International Wood Collectors Society). Recently they have released a second book: A Guide to More Useful Woods of the World.

These books highlight scientific names, family, other names, distribution, the tree, the timber, seasoning, durability, workability, uses, supplies, etc...

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