madgrinder Posted August 1, 2004 Share Posted August 1, 2004 what wood is this? http://imagehost.vendio.com/bin/imageserver.x/00000000/redding1/P7270009.JPG ...it's Mr Stabby, da da da da da daaaah, da da da da da da daaaah... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bbach1 Posted August 1, 2004 Share Posted August 1, 2004 Interesting grain. What the heck. I would be interested to know what that is. I'll have to show the pic to my father-in-law. bbach Beauty is in the eye of the beer holder. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NMcGuitar Posted August 1, 2004 Share Posted August 1, 2004 My first thought was mahogany, but with those big, darker swirls, I'm not so sure... May all your thoughts be random! - Neil www.McFaddenArts.com www.MikesGarageRocks.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big Red 67 Posted August 1, 2004 Share Posted August 1, 2004 Is it a Gibson? Serial #? Big Red's Ride Blog Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gabriel E. Posted August 1, 2004 Share Posted August 1, 2004 Maybe walnut? Stained maple? I've certainly never seen mahogony that looked like that. "You never can vouch for your own consciousness." - Norman Mailer Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wraub Posted August 2, 2004 Share Posted August 2, 2004 The grain looks odd to be mahogany. It might be maple (maybe), but I would guess ash if it weren't an LP. Probably maple... Peace, wraub I'm a lot more like I am now than I was when I got here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guitar Geezer Posted August 2, 2004 Share Posted August 2, 2004 I'd have to go with stained maple also...don't susually see mahogany with that much swirl (if any at all). More info Madgrinder? WHere'd you get it etc Lynn G Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DC Posted August 2, 2004 Share Posted August 2, 2004 Doesn't really look familiar, but if it's heavy, it might be maple, if it's medium weight, might be oak or if it's light it might be swamp ash. Looks the most like oak to me. Peavey used oak for instruments for awhile in the 80s and they sounded awful. Oaks good for magic staffs and such but terrible for guitars. -David http://www.garageband.com/artist/MichaelangelosMuse Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Funk Jazz Posted August 2, 2004 Share Posted August 2, 2004 looks like maple to me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chad Thorne Posted August 2, 2004 Share Posted August 2, 2004 The table looks like cherry, the guitar looks like padauk. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fantasticsound Posted August 2, 2004 Share Posted August 2, 2004 Originally posted by chad: The table looks like cherry, the guitar looks like padauk.Wiseass! But you're probably right on both counts. It's easiest to find me on Facebook. Neil Bergman Soundclick fntstcsnd Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shoes Posted August 3, 2004 Share Posted August 3, 2004 It looks like spalted maple with a thinned walnut stain. Spalted (rotten, moldy, funky) maple is typically soft maple if I'm not mistaken and yields these fantastic contrasting growth marks where the "FunGuy" make a highway through the wood. I might be nuts too. I still think guitars are like shoes, but louder. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TeleCarlos Posted August 4, 2004 Share Posted August 4, 2004 Looks "plywoody" to me.... Sorry, thought you had other "wood" problems there for a sec. Never use more than half a pill... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Major Tom Posted August 4, 2004 Share Posted August 4, 2004 If its not a Gibson, my guess is that it is a veneer, and isn't the same species as what its made from. Some of the nice Japanese copies of the 70's had a veneer on the back of solid mahogany bodies. What brand is it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shoes Posted August 4, 2004 Share Posted August 4, 2004 It's bookmatched and less likely to be rotary cut like plywood. The seam is very well aligned with the center and nicely matched at the neck with that big mark which suggests thought was applied to this work. Otherwise you'd see a shift or stagger at the lines of that fault. It looks naturally rounded. Regardless of what it is.. the woodwork is well done. I still think guitars are like shoes, but louder. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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