i was cleaning and sorting the wood i have here at home. thought i'd catalog them and maybe show some of it here
western red cedar for guitar tops
engelman spruce for tops
sinker redwood for guitar top. very special wood. it was harvested from a log that sank under a river and stayed there for almost 110 years, thus the color. it will be for my daughter's guitar
fretboard woods
gaboon ebony, indian rosewood purple heart, maple and honduran rosewood
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european spruce for a harp guitar top and rock maple for a harp guitar back and sides
bastogne walnut
indian rosewood
cocobolo. the one at the front is warped. does anyone know how to flatten it?
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purple heart and alaskan cypress
honduran mahogany and primavera. the one laying down is black cherry. a plank i found laying in the sidewalk hahaha. i'm not kidding
honduran rosewood. remember the thread i started re that big plank of honrose? saw to back and sides and fretboards
quilted maple and the one on the left is rock maple
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spanish cedar and african mahogany neck blanks. i know. my storage is a mess. but cleaned up now hehehe
bindings, backstrips, neck blanks, a neck blank for a parlor guitar i will make one day
narra, purple? red? who cares, it's mine
stanley planes i got from a flea market years ago. on my table for restoration
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did i tell you that i'm addicted to glue? hehehe
black kamagong
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cocobolo. the one at the front is warped. does anyone know how to flatten it?
nope you can't flatten it anymore, its useless... send it over and I will throw it out for you :oops2:
very nice wood stash, inggit ako... but congrats....
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hahahaha timber! what would it take for you to tell me your secret in flattening that plank 😀
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ganda ng wood ah. where can i buy yung indian rosewood? i would love to try and build something out of it?
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ganda ng wood ah. where can i buy yung indian rosewood? i would love to try and build something out of it?
indian rosewood is used primarily on guitar making. i get mine from luthier shops and they are already cut to specs. not sure where you can get thick planks of it though.
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can i have the address of that supplier? how much cost and second, ano size that you can get from the supplier
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can i have the address of that supplier? how much cost and second, ano size that you can get from the supplier
he's a local luthier but based in spain. he has indian rosewood sets here that go about for 3,500php. i'll ask him first if its ok to give you his private number
the size are about 4inx33inx5mm
and 8inx25inx5mm
they're for guitar back and sides sets
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indian rosewood is used primarily on guitar making. i get mine from luthier shops and they are already cut to specs. not sure where you can get thick planks of it though.
Hi, is this the case also for western red cedar? What is locally available is only in the sizes intended for guitars as pictured?
Been on the lookout for western red cedar locally, small cross section (e.g., 1x2) for boat framing, but no luck so far. I read somewhere that kalantas or calantas is a good local substitute for WRC in terms of light weight and rot resistance? No idea though where to find this.
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Hi, is this the case also for western red cedar? What is locally available is only in the sizes intended for guitars as pictured?
Been on the lookout for western red cedar locally, small cross section (e.g., 1x2) for boat framing, but no luck so far. I read somewhere that kalantas or calantas is a good local substitute for WRC in terms of light weight and rot resistance? No idea though where to find this.
kalantas is an excellent substitute for cedar. its like spanish cedar IMO.
its hard to get good planks of it tho. when we encounter some we tend to get it hehehehe
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Been on the lookout for western red cedar locally, small cross section (e.g., 1x2) for boat framing, but no luck so far.
Probably missed it (or forgot!). Are you also into boatbuilding, Guad?
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Missed it? where? Boat building? I suppose ... but the kind that you can lift with one hand.
Built the below in two days with help of my instructor. It's just a quick and dirty half-scale version of my target build, a traditional (Greenland) kayak, just to get the hang of it.
Actually, WRC or kalantas being hard to get locally could be a good thing. Forcing me to figure out how to adapt cheaper, more readily available materials...
