| Official Luthiers Forum! http://luthiersforum.com/forum/ |
|
| Malaysian Blackwood http://luthiersforum.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=10101&t=40005 |
Page 1 of 1 |
| Author: | SimonF [ Tue Apr 09, 2013 11:40 am ] |
| Post subject: | Malaysian Blackwood |
Just wanted to say that Gilmer Wood has some amazing Malaysian Blackwood back/side sets for sale -- the prices are extremely low for the quality as you would normally pay about $100 more per set. I bought 4 of the best sets they had a few weeks ago when they first milled the sets and now most of what I would consider the mastergrade stuff is gone but there are still several extremely nice sets available. I can't believe this stuff didn't sell out earlier. The stuff I received is easily some of the nicest tonewood I've ever encountered. https://www.gilmerwood.com/items.php?CID=31&keywords=Search&page=6 |
|
| Author: | fingerstyle1978 [ Tue Apr 09, 2013 12:08 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Malaysian Blackwood |
Beautiful stuff, I've been eying matching fingerboards and bridge plates since you posted a couple of yours at swapapalooza. |
|
| Author: | Corky Long [ Tue Apr 09, 2013 12:21 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Malaysian Blackwood |
wow - my kind of zoot. I live the spiderwebbing on the sides. Those inky black lines are gorgeous. If I had more $$ than zoot right now, I'd buy one. |
|
| Author: | AnthonyE [ Tue Apr 09, 2013 3:16 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Malaysian Blackwood |
Oh dang, giving away my favorite wood supplier. Gilmer is top notch IMO and always has a great stock of beautiful wood. I've also been eye balling their Malaysian blackwood the other day. Really nice stuff. This is where I get most of my pear wood for my furniture projects. |
|
| Author: | askins [ Tue Apr 09, 2013 9:05 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Malaysian Blackwood |
Did you get the set that had sap wood through the back? Were those first sets figured? The pictures looked like they had almost a quilt figure. |
|
| Author: | SimonF [ Tue Apr 09, 2013 9:48 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Malaysian Blackwood |
You can see the sets I picked up by following this link (I have two older Malaysian Blackwood sets that came from different suppliers). I also picked up a mastergrade Mun Ebony billet a few months ago and recently resawed it into back/sides -- Mun Ebony reminds me a lot of Malaysian Blackwood (both often tend to have a lot of green in them). http://fayguitars.com/guitars/tonewood.html |
|
| Page 1 of 1 | All times are UTC - 5 hours |
| Powered by phpBB® Forum Software © phpBB Group http://www.phpbb.com/ |
|