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jfmckenna

Post subject: What is this wood?

Posted: Sun Jul 07, 2013 11:56 am

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I've never seen any thing like this before, not anything even close to looking like this. They are not sure what it is themselves but I'd love to know. It's a 40's Busato as seen here: http://shoppingcart.djangobooks.com/Ite ... d-modele-4.

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Joe Beaver

Post subject: Re: What is this wood?

Posted: Sun Jul 07, 2013 12:11 pm

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I agree, have never seen anything like it. Almost looks contrived. What really gets me is when you compare the back and sides one looks flat sawn and one quartered.

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DennisK

Post subject: Re: What is this wood?

Posted: Sun Jul 07, 2013 12:23 pm

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http://www.luthiersforum.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=10101&t=40764

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John Sonksen

Post subject: Re: What is this wood?

Posted: Sun Jul 07, 2013 12:39 pm

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it looks like a "manufactured" wood to me. Basically they lay up veneers of alternating colors in differing dimensions or shapes and then slice it at different angles to highlight a made up grain.

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weslewis

Post subject: Re: What is this wood?

Posted: Sun Jul 07, 2013 12:43 pm

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Ancient Aztec cocohogany bliss

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jfmckenna

Post subject: Re: What is this wood?

Posted: Sun Jul 07, 2013 12:53 pm

Brazilian Rosewood

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DennisK wrote:

http://www.luthiersforum.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=10101&t=40764

Thanks!

yeah it looks like a decorated cake or something

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mqbernardo

Post subject: Re: What is this wood?

Posted: Sun Jul 07, 2013 5:17 pm

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yes it does - quite intriguing!

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SteveG

Post subject: Re: What is this wood?

Posted: Sun Jul 07, 2013 8:56 pm

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Here are a couple of pictures of the grain pattern in curly douglas fir. These ones are sealed before staining, I'd guess. Putting a dark stain on douglas fir will really darken the earlywood, making it a lot more like the Busato.

these pictures come from:
http://www.oregonwildwood.com/custom-so ... woods.html

Look how similar the grain pattern is, especially the first photo.

I think I'll post this same post to the other thread on this guitar, too.

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