Fancy figured woods...

[Judd Holt]

Chuck- It is that I doubted you....sorry. I trust in your assurance.

[Chuck Tweedy]

Gotcha' Judd.
This is the most beautiful piece of Honduras rosewood I've got.
I'm an ink freak, and I don't have a single tatoo.

[Louie Atienza]

Gotcha' Judd.
This is the most beautiful piece of Honduras rosewood I've got.
I'm an ink freak, and I don't have a single tatoo.

Wow! How thick is that board?

[Chuck Tweedy]

It's just a 4/4 x 5" board. Good for pretty headstock plates.

[Clay Schaeffer]

My wife asked if you guys intend to print a pinup calendar of your "wood". <g>

[Jason Rodgers]

Michael, what did your cousin do to spalt that maple?

[Louie Atienza]

My wife asked if you guys intend to print a pinup calendar of your "wood". <g>

Clay I think that's a brilliant idea!

[Arnt Rian]

Some recent acquisitions

BRW






Pernambuco





Coco

[Barry Guest]

Wow!!!!

[Chuck Tweedy]

Yea, that 's the stuff.

[Dave Hooper]

Wow nice stuff Arnt

Did you get these sets from Grant?

Dave

[Arnt Rian]

The coco, yes

[Joel Nowland]

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Please don't be offended by this. It's in no way my intent to be contentious.

But in my opinion there should be a more accurate description than "wood porn" for something as beautiful as strongly figured wood.

IMO, porn and the people who produce it are in a dirty business and not really comparable to the natural beauty of highly figured woods.

I suggest KO Wood/Knockout wood or perhaps Knockdown Gorgeous Wood might be more accurate and appropriate.

IMO Joel

By The Way- The wood shown is a "Knockdown Gorgeous" set of quilted Sapele.

[Jason Rodgers]

"Bling de Bois"?

[Ron Belanger]

"Bling de Bois"?

Works for me

[JC Whitney]

Ok Louie, I have to ask... was the horse urine intentional ?

[Louie Atienza]

Joel, maybe porn was too seedy a word to describe God's creations, but you'd have to admit the gawking, sense of awe and wonder, and even some feelings of coveting and wanting border on the wood version of pornography. This is wood in it's naked state! But maybe I should have put the word in quotes.

[Louie Atienza]

Some recent acquisitions

BRW






Pernambuco





Coco

Damn, Arnt...

[Mattia Valente]

Very nice! Where did you get the Pernambuco?

I've got a shipment of fretboards coming in from Spain, should land tomorrow. In the meantime, some 'oldie but goodie' from my stash pile:
Bit of traditional quilt maple:


My 'Darth Vader' (or possibly 'Stealth Ninja' or 'Praying Monk', depending on how you look at it) quilt sapele that's been waiting for me to summon the courage to build something with it. May double-side the sides, as it has the tap tone of cardboard. But it is pretty.

[Don Williams]

Mattia, One of the best sounding guitars I've ever heard is made from quilt sapele. In spite of the cardboard-like tap tone, when epoxy is used for sealing this stuff under a finish, it actually becomes decent.

Arnt....nice stuff! The Pernambuco is nicer than a lot I've seen from certain other builders.