Has anyone built a guitar with Bois d'Rose back and sides?
Would love to see some.
Thinking about building one in the future. 
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| Author: | peterm [ Sun Sep 17, 2006 7:05 am ] |
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Has anyone built a guitar with Bois d'Rose back and sides? Would love to see some. Thinking about building one in the future.
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| Author: | crazytooguy [ Sun Sep 17, 2006 9:16 am ] |
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I'm thinking about it, but haven't made one yet. I'm using Bois de Rose for the bridge and headplate on my current acoustic build. It's a pretty solid, dense wood. Very tough stuff. No idea of its acoustic properties, though. I'm hoping to try one soon too! |
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| Author: | Dave Rector [ Sun Sep 17, 2006 11:04 am ] |
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I haven't tried it yet either, but Allied has some nice looking sets on their weekly sales page this week. They're pretty reasonably priced too! |
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| Author: | Brock Poling [ Sun Sep 17, 2006 11:36 am ] |
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I have several sets of it (from Allied) and it is all very nice with a good rosewood tap to it. I plan on using a set of it very soon. |
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| Author: | peterm [ Sun Sep 17, 2006 12:05 pm ] |
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Yup, I like the wood and figure look but would like to see it under a finish, comments on tone, bending, etc... |
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| Author: | crazytooguy [ Sun Sep 17, 2006 1:15 pm ] |
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One aspect to remember is that is darkens considerably with time, presumably due to light exposure. Here's a headstock that has a few sealer lacquer coats on it. It's about two months old now. Oh, and I've bent it for rosette rings and binding - it bends pretty well, like most of the Dalbergia rosewoods (which it is...) [IMG] useruploads/crazytooguy/2006-09-17_223715_BoisHeadstck.jpg[/ IMG] |
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| Author: | peterm [ Sun Sep 17, 2006 2:27 pm ] |
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I think this is the image! 
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| Author: | Serge Poirier [ Sun Sep 17, 2006 2:35 pm ] |
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WOW, NICE! 
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