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Author:  PaulB [ Sun Nov 20, 2005 8:25 pm ]
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Last one.

This timber is native to Australia, it is very, very hard and dense at ~1150kg/m3 (compared to Braz @ 850kg/m3). It only comes in small pieces that are suitable (in size at least) for fretboards and bridges and is not harvested commercially. It is a little darker brown than the picture suggests, more like snakewood in colour than anything else I've seen. I could only afford enough for fretboard and bridge for one guitar when I bought it.

Anyone have any idea what it might be? No prizes, I'm all out of lard - though my wife might argue otherwise.

Author:  BlueSpirit [ Sun Nov 20, 2005 9:32 pm ]
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Lacewood?
Author:  BruceH [ Sun Nov 20, 2005 10:27 pm ]
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Jarrah (sp)?
I've got a boomerang made out of that stuff, I think. Extremly hard and heavy.
Author:  Mattia Valente [ Mon Nov 21, 2005 12:47 am ]
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Cookstown Ironwood?
Author:  Steve Kinnaird [ Mon Nov 21, 2005 5:00 am ]
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Gidgee? (Or however that's spelled....)

Steve
Author:  PaulB [ Mon Nov 21, 2005 8:32 am ]
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Neither lacewood (called silky oak in these parts), nor Jarrah, nor cooktown iron wood (though, I'd like some). It's related to gidgee, even smells like violets the same as gidgee.
Author:  Scott Thompson [ Mon Nov 21, 2005 3:50 pm ]
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Mulga?
Author:  PaulB [ Mon Nov 21, 2005 3:53 pm ]
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no, not mulga
Author:  Scott Thompson [ Mon Nov 21, 2005 4:03 pm ]
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Ok, some kind of acacia. How's that?

Is it named after our founding moderator?
Author:  PaulB [ Tue Nov 22, 2005 9:58 am ]
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Ok, Acacia. Looks as close as anyone's going to get.

Acacia pendula or Myall, also known as Boree. This paricular piece of wood is known as ringed myall, "ringed" being a reference to the figure. It's a desert hardwood growing in the arid regions of inland Australia.PaulB38678.748912037
Author:  Scott Thompson [ Tue Nov 22, 2005 11:35 am ]
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I was working down the list to that one.
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