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Mattia Valente

Post subject: Re: North American fretboard wood choices.

Posted: Tue Jul 17, 2012 2:02 am

Brazilian Rosewood

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There's always the option of getting acrylized wood from Larry at Gallery Hardwoods, for example; no need to finish it at that point.

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miramadar

Post subject: Re: North American fretboard wood choices.

Posted: Tue Aug 07, 2012 10:03 am

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Here's a link to a more inclusive Janka rating table:

http://ejmas.com/tin/2009tin/tinart_goldstein_0904.html

I've thought about using Persimmon, but I've heard that it tends to shift a lot during drying.

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