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LanceK

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Posted: Mon Aug 15, 2005 10:02 pm

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Here are a few pics snagged from OLF Sponsor Brazil Tonewoods pages! Jeff you got the ticker ticking faster!

Can you say "SAPWOOD!"

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Mario

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Funky... What is it?

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rlabbe

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Posted: Tue Aug 16, 2005 3:35 am

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[QUOTE=Mario] Funky... What is it?[/QUOTE] Dalbergia Nigra

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Howard Klepper

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Posted: Tue Aug 16, 2005 3:39 am

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Visually interesting, but I don't see a board that I'd use to build a guitar.Howard Klepper38580.5299421296

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Mario

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Dalbergia Nigra

Don't think so....

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Dennis Leahy

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Posted: Tue Aug 16, 2005 5:33 am

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We'll have to wait for Jeff (Brazil Tonewoods) to tell us. I know some species look vastly different when they are first cut, and I'll trust that the end view of the reddish-colored heartwood logs are D Nigra, as Jeff notes on his site. I'm guessing that the other photos of the sliced slabs are probably something like (pre-oxidized) Pau Ferro, Kingwood, or Tulipwood.

(If the slabs in the top photo are already oxidized, then I would guess Nargusta,Terminalia Amazonia.)

So, Jeff, what is it?

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Don Williams

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Posted: Tue Aug 16, 2005 6:02 am

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Looks a lot like Kingwood, also a rosewood from Brazil, not dalbergia nigra.

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rlabbe

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Posted: Tue Aug 16, 2005 9:55 am

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If you go to his site where the pictures are, he states that it's Nigra, and furthermore the file names of the pictures contain "brazialianrosewood" in them.

http://www.braziltonewoods.com/currentnews.html

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Brazilwood

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Posted: Tue Aug 16, 2005 12:19 pm

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Smells like "Dalbergia Nigra" to me.

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Brazilwood

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Posted: Tue Aug 16, 2005 1:02 pm

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Hi Lance,
Thought you might appreciate this set. It's one of the most unique I've seen since I've been in Brazil.

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Pwoolson

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Posted: Tue Aug 16, 2005 1:21 pm

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Too bad the sides aren't the back and visa versa. That bookmatch would be out of this world on a back.

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Brazilwood

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Posted: Tue Aug 16, 2005 1:52 pm

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Those were my thoughts exactly Paul. That's a one in a million design on the side set. I'm still looking for that one piece for the BACK AND SIDES.

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Howard Klepper

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Posted: Tue Aug 16, 2005 2:25 pm

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What a cool side set. Makes me want to recall trauma from my childhood.
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JBreault

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Posted: Tue Aug 16, 2005 2:35 pm

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Looks like somebody ran over a gecko! Petrified lizard...I wonder what it would sound like...

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Dennis Leahy

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Posted: Wed Aug 17, 2005 5:19 am

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Jeff,

Are the 2 top photos that Lance originally posted (from your site) also D Nigra?

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