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| Author: | Arnt Rian [ Mon Apr 17, 2006 8:11 pm ] |
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Hi Colin, I just saw your comment in the other discussion ("My 000 Mahogany with Bear"), don't you just love mahogany. I sure do too! Here's a snapshot of some roughed out 2 piece necks, a mahogany guitar just finished and some shavings thrown is as well; what a great material! 
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| Author: | Colin S [ Mon Apr 17, 2006 8:17 pm ] |
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You sure you've got enough neck blanks there Arnt? I think we should all keep a box of mahogany shavings just to throw back onto the floor after sweeping up, what's a luthier shop without mahogany shavings? Colin |
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| Author: | Mattia Valente [ Mon Apr 17, 2006 11:01 pm ] |
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MMmm....mahogany. I recently spent a fair sum on a pair of 3 meter long, 60mm thick (bit 2.25") boards, in the rough. One wide enough for 1-piece electric guitar bodies (flatsawn), one wide enough for 2-piece bodies, maybe necks, maybe guitar sets, since it's quartered. Was hidden under and behind other stuff at my local wood yard's place Right now, I'm still wondering what to do with it. They'be been cut down to 1 meter lengths for transport purposes, which means they could go in any direction. And for some reason, I can't quite bring myself to look at the big boards and go 'yeah, electric guitar', but necks seem like a decent idea. I really should go back for more... |
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| Author: | Serge Poirier [ Tue Apr 18, 2006 12:07 am ] |
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Mahogany neck blanks is what i got myself for the next 2, the wood has a really nice color, i must admit that it was the first time i saw that wood!  I wonder how mahogany sounds as a tonewood, will have to try it out one day.
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| Author: | Larry Davis [ Tue Apr 18, 2006 2:39 pm ] |
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Arnt, I didn't realize the volumn of work you do. I'm more than impressed 
Did somebody say Mahogany?? Can't resist showing this baby off. Very old and dense Hondo crotch, 1.625" thick. All the sets coming from it are sold to one luthier who likes consistency. He's used it before and it looks so nice on his instruments. 
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| Author: | Don Williams [ Wed Apr 19, 2006 12:25 am ] |
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Geez Larry, I started to think that I wanted a set of that...then finished reading your post....you broke my heart! |
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| Author: | Mario [ Wed Apr 19, 2006 12:46 am ] |
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Heh heh heh.... I got something like 5 or 6 sets of this a few years ago from Larry, and when I found out there was another board, I had to have it all! Photos do not do this wood justice, as it dances with the slightest movement in good light. Doesn't sound half bad either.... We're hoping to squeeze a mandolin out of the board, too! Good manhogany is soooooooooo underated. Here's one from the first batch; 
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| Author: | JBreault [ Wed Apr 19, 2006 1:52 am ] |
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Nice score Mario. That guitar is a stunner! I bet that wood'll make a great mando. |
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| Author: | Larry Davis [ Wed Apr 19, 2006 2:01 am ] |
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[QUOTE=Don Williams] Geez Larry, I started to think that I wanted a set of that...then finished reading your post....you broke my heart![/QUOTE]  Don, you're retired...remember? You are in the selling out stage..not the buying new stage. m-u-s-t r-e-s-i-s-t
I'll manage to have a mahogany crotch set or two at GAL. |
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| Author: | Serge Poirier [ Wed Apr 19, 2006 3:17 am ] |
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awesome wood yeah! |
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| Author: | Michael Dale Payne [ Wed Apr 19, 2006 4:45 am ] |
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Oha. Oha. Zooooooooooooooooooot, I may go into a spas attack |
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| Author: | Don Williams [ Wed Apr 19, 2006 8:41 am ] |
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[QUOTE=Larry Davis] Don, you're retired...remember? You are in the selling out stage..not the buying new stage. m-u-s-t r-e-s-i-s-t
I'll manage to have a mahogany crotch set or two at GAL.[/QUOTE] Retired? Who? ME???& nbsp; That's only a "temporary retirement". Selling out? Nah, just selling stuff that I'll never really get a chance to use in my lifetime. I figure I should give someone else the opportunity to use the wood I'll never get to. Besides, I'll still have oodles of wood left... Hey! Fat lot of good having that wood at GAL will do me! |
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