Wood Identification

[bluberry guitar]

I've recently completed a J45(ish).   I picked up the back and side set from an estate sale.  Also, i found the burl for the  head stock and end graft in a by-the-pound bin at a local store.   I'd like some help identifying the  wood species of both. I'd like to attach pictures but the forum police suggests my message is too long when i do.   How should I proceed?

Thanks,

Walt

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Send in another email without verbiage?

In His Name - 

Barry

On Mar 22, 2024, at 2:22 PM, bluberry guitar <wcmer...@gmail.com> wrote:



I've recently completed a J45(ish).   I picked up the back and side set from an estate sale.  Also, i found the burl for the  head stock and end graft in a by-the-pound bin at a local store.   I'd like some help identifying the  wood species of both. I'd like to attach pictures but the forum police suggests my message is too long when i do.   How should I proceed?

Thanks,

Walt

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[JohnParchem]

reduce the image size. 

[Doug Shaker]

Either crop the image or downsample the image. These are commands in many photo-editing software. 

You should then be able to include it in the message.

If that doesn't work, then put the image in a file on Google Drive and change the protection on the file to

readable by anyone, then post a link to the image in the forum.

-Doug Shaker

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[Doug Shaker]

I'd say the back and sides were Indian Rosewood.

I am less certain about the head plate and end graft.  Butternut burl?  

Some kind of maple?

-Doug Shaker

On Tue, Mar 26, 2024 at 12:10 PM bluberry guitar <wcmer...@gmail.com> wrote:

here are the pictures.

1.Front

2.  Back

3.  end graft

4. head stock

5. interior

6.  interior

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[Barry Oren]

Looks like IR back and sides and spruce top. The others I have no idea.

Having said all that - it’s a pretty guitar!

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Barry 

On Mar 24, 2024, at 11:59 AM, bluberry guitar <wcmer...@gmail.com> wrote:

here are the pictures.

1.Front

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3.  end graft

4. head stock

5. interior

6.  interior

On Friday, March 22, 2024 at 4:05:54 PM UTC-4 doug.shaker wrote:

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[bluberry guitar]

Thanks Barry for the  compliment and Barry and Doug  for the EIR assessment.   I thought, based on the interior  shots, that the wood was too flat black for EI, but if you both agree on EI then i can be swayed.   I don't think the burl is either maple or butternut.  It was very hard thus not butternut and with large open pore grain, not maple.   Almost like an oak but not that opened grain.   Likely to remain a mystery on the burl but i appreciate the ideas.   Can confirm spruce for the top as i purchased that as well as wenge for the fingerboard.  

Walt

[Patrick Dewar]

Agree with the others that the b/s are IRW.  

I did an electric top with a burl maple, and that’s what your other species might be.  

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[Peter T]

I also agree with EIR identification. The other parts certainly look like a burl and could very well be maple as suggested. In my wanderings as a northeastern forester, I've found yellow birch burls to be more common than maple burls. That's hardly a statistical sample, but the law of averages might suggest birch. 

[Dick Fulco]

Hi all,

My neighbour gave me a piece of wood of with I am making a tenor Uke.

Nice appearance, but I have no idea what kind of wood this is.

Any ideas?

Op zaterdag 30 maart 2024 om 13:33:17 UTC+1 schreef Peter T:

[Brock Poling]

It is always so hard to tell without seeing the wood in person.  If the pores are giant this looks a lot like flat sawn Wenge.

 

 

 

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[Charles Tauber]

I'd also go with flat sawn wenge. Watch out for splinters. Pore filling wenge is a lot of work. 

[Joe Shuter]

As Charles mentioned try to avoid Wenge splinters. They turn septic if not properly dealt with! Scooter 

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[Dick Fulco]

Thanks all!

Wengé is very possible indeed.

And good to know the splinters are dangerous, I’m glad the box is closed and the risk is minimal now.

The pores are quit big indeed.

Any suggestions what to use as pore filler? 

Met vriendelijke groet, Dick

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