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Author:  bob J [ Mon Mar 07, 2005 3:21 am ]
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What about Madagascar Rosewood. The pictures I have seen are wonderful. Looks in many ways like Brazilian. What about tone and workability?
Author:  Brock Poling [ Mon Mar 07, 2005 4:01 am ]
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This stuff is very nice. It pings great and it is very tonal just when you are rubbing your hands on the lumber.

Here are a few shots of a guitar I am building now with it. This is the LMI stuff. The guitar is a little further along than this now, but I haven't had much of a chance to shoot it recently.

I will post more pics when I have it finished.





Author:  LanceK [ Mon Mar 07, 2005 4:07 am ]
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Wow! Very nice Brock! BTW is that your shop?
Author:  Brock Poling [ Mon Mar 07, 2005 4:44 am ]
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No, it is Frank Finocchio's place. I try to take one work shop per year. I went out to see him about voicing a guitar. I built most of this guitar there.
Author:  jfrench [ Mon Mar 07, 2005 5:18 am ]
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I use Madagascar Rosewood fairly frequently lately... french polishing one and making another right now even. I find it to be excellent wood, though it requires a lot of pore filling. it is comprable to Brazilian in most ways, and excells it in the fact that most of it is perfectly quarter sawn. I was lucky to find a bunch locally several years ago and resaw it. Still have some left to resaw even.

Regards,
Joshua French
Author:  Dave Rector [ Mon Mar 07, 2005 8:25 am ]
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That's beautiful Brock! I thought that shop looked familiar

I'd like to make it back up to Frank's sometime. Just haven't had the time or the dough.
Author:  Michael Dale Payne [ Mon Mar 07, 2005 2:03 pm ]
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