No Fair Looking at the file name! This might be too easy but it is an interesting piece of wood nonetheless.
The winner gets the standard prize. BOL
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| Author: | John K [ Sun Apr 16, 2006 11:39 am ] |
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No Fair Looking at the file name! This might be too easy but it is an interesting piece of wood nonetheless. The winner gets the standard prize. BOL
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| Author: | John Mayes [ Sun Apr 16, 2006 11:42 am ] |
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hard to tell the true color from the pic but I'd guess either Koa, Tas Blackwood, Mesquite, or even some reddish maple, but my first guess would be taz blackwood..... now I'll cheat and look at the filename..... OK I peeked now.. well I was sorta right... |
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| Author: | John K [ Sun Apr 16, 2006 11:47 am ] |
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Well since you were honest about peeking, and you came close to nailing it you are elegable for a dab of lard. |
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| Author: | John Mayes [ Sun Apr 16, 2006 11:48 am ] |
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you know the saying.. When it comes to Lard. A little dab will do ya! ok so that was not about lard but I like it! |
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| Author: | John K [ Sun Apr 16, 2006 11:55 am ] |
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I remember the ad. Brilcreme, or Brelcreme or some variation thereof. "The gals will love to get their fingers in your hair" That probably does not hold true for lard. |
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| Author: | peterm [ Sun Apr 16, 2006 11:59 am ] |
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Remember, you can always change the file name! 
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| Author: | Kim [ Sun Apr 16, 2006 12:57 pm ] |
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[QUOTE=John K] I remember the ad. Brilcreme, or Brelcreme or some variation thereof. "The gals will love to get their fingers in your hair" That probably does not hold true for lard.[/QUOTE] You're hang'in with the wrong gals John 
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| Author: | Wes McMillian [ Sun Apr 16, 2006 1:02 pm ] |
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So, have you (or anyone else here) built with this stuff yet? I've got my eyes on some myself. Feedback? |
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| Author: | John K [ Sun Apr 16, 2006 1:15 pm ] |
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Have not built with it yet, but will soon. I think this piece will behave a lot like Indian Rw. But, I understand that John Mayes has had some experience with the wood and found that it was not stiff and more like soft walnut. Must be lots of variation in this species. |
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| Author: | Steve Kinnaird [ Sun Apr 16, 2006 1:45 pm ] |
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Bro-- Is that the piece from the Hardwood Barn from our Christmas excursion? Looks great. SK |
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| Author: | John Mayes [ Sun Apr 16, 2006 1:46 pm ] |
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yeah When I was at pantheon we built a few dreds from it, and it was softer and flexible (normally something I do not like too much in backwoods), and they sounded like cardboard when I tapped it, but the guitars, to my surprise, came out sounding rather good in the end. The stuff John has is quite different from how he describes it so, as always, judge each piece of wood as a individual piece and avoid generalizations as much as can be avoided! |
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| Author: | Larry Davis [ Sun Apr 16, 2006 3:48 pm ] |
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Looks like Black Mesquite from South America. It is softer than Honey Mesquite from the Southwest or Mexico IME. |
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| Author: | John K [ Sun Apr 16, 2006 9:07 pm ] |
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Yup Steve Most of that board was waste but I did manage to get two sets out of it. Maybe three. Worth every pennny and then some. Larry there is nothing soft about this stuff. John |
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| Author: | arvey [ Mon Apr 17, 2006 12:26 am ] |
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Hey, Don't knock Brylcreem, I still use the stuff  Almost as hard to find as Baz. Rosewood these days though.
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| Author: | Larry Davis [ Mon Apr 17, 2006 1:26 am ] |
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[QUOTE=John K] Larry there is nothing soft about this stuff. John[/QUOTE] John, what I said was Black Mesquite is generally softer than Honey Mesquite from the Southwest. Not that Black mesquite is "soft"  It may not be Black Mesquite as I'm only going by the grain, wider growth rings and what appears to be a somewhat verigated color similar to the Black Mesquite I work with. |
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| Author: | Pwoolson [ Mon Apr 17, 2006 1:59 am ] |
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I did some building with Mesquite (from AZ) and found it to be a nightmare on my edged tools. To the extent that when I ran it through my table saw I'd see tiny little sparks. I'd alway heard that Mesquite had a lot of silca in it but this was far worse than I expected. |
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