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

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.

Chuck Tweedy wrote: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?

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

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

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

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

Clay I think that's a brilliant idea!

Some recent acquisitions

BRW






Pernambuco





Coco

Wow!!!!

Yea, that 's the stuff.

Wow nice stuff Arnt

Did you get these sets from Grant?

Dave

The coco, yes

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.

"Bling de Bois"?

Jason Rodgers wrote:"Bling de Bois"?

Works for me

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

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.

Arnt Rian wrote:Some recent acquisitions

BRW






Pernambuco





Coco

Damn, Arnt...

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.

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.