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2 pieces of wood here... one of them is BRW the other IRW. Guess which one's which.

The BRW smells really nice, basically exactly like the African Blackwood that I had.

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Indian left. Braz right.

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sweat the small stuff.

BRW on the right. But you are so right. They are very much alike !!!

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Joe Beaver
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Oh, by the way, if that Brazilian is thick enough for bridges I'll have some please.

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Joe Beaver
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No, it's tapered in thickness... it's enough for a small headplate though

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Cat-gut strings are made from kitten guts, stretched out to near breaking point and then hardened with grue saliva. As a result these give a feeling of Pain and anguish whenever played, and often end up playing themselves backwards as part of satanic rituals.

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The braz is in front of the keyboard...

That would make me suspicious.

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Pat

Why? BRW doesn't smell like african blackwood? Both have a scent, I am sure its not the same but its similar enough...

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Cat-gut strings are made from kitten guts, stretched out to near breaking point and then hardened with grue saliva. As a result these give a feeling of Pain and anguish whenever played, and often end up playing themselves backwards as part of satanic rituals.

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http://www.typhoon-guitars.com

That's pretty obvious to me that the BRW is on the right.....the grain lines of both BRW and EIR are pretty easy give aways with these samples...

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Yea, but I've seen EIRW that has the exact same grain pattern

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Cat-gut strings are made from kitten guts, stretched out to near breaking point and then hardened with grue saliva. As a result these give a feeling of Pain and anguish whenever played, and often end up playing themselves backwards as part of satanic rituals.

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In my experience they don't smell alike at all.

It does look like BR, but if it smells exactly like AB and it possibly looks exactly like IR, what makes you think it's BR?

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Pat

No, the scent on this one is MUCH stronger than AB. AB has a distinctive scent like this one but very subtle, goes away as soon as you stop sanding it or cutting it (and it has to be a burning cut in order for the smell to be more noticeable). This piece on the other hand the smell is a lot more pervasive. My hand started smelling like it just holding it for a couple of minutes, the room it's in actually started smelling of the wood just being in it (very subtle but it's there). Also, I didn't show the other side (because I didn't want to give things away) but the wood was resawn halfway by someone, and the top piece removed. The uncut portion of the wood has oxidation and it's very orange. EIRW never oxidizes in this manner (it just turns gray)

AB is completely different... it's black for one thing, and has a purplish hue rather than an orange hue.

I can see why the tree gets cut down for making perfume... the stuff smells real nice. A lot nicer than most woods I have worked with.

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Cat-gut strings are made from kitten guts, stretched out to near breaking point and then hardened with grue saliva. As a result these give a feeling of Pain and anguish whenever played, and often end up playing themselves backwards as part of satanic rituals.

Typhoon Guitars
http://www.typhoon-guitars.com

Agree. Smells great!

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Pat

Now my mind bender is telling me to bite his shiny metal...

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Cat-gut strings are made from kitten guts, stretched out to near breaking point and then hardened with grue saliva. As a result these give a feeling of Pain and anguish whenever played, and often end up playing themselves backwards as part of satanic rituals.

Typhoon Guitars
http://www.typhoon-guitars.com

It still is a mind bender. What would be a mind blaster is if you would have bought some BRW only to find it was ER.

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Joe Beaver
Maker of Sawdust

It would be the nicest EIRW I ever smelled for sure... known EIR smells bad to me.

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Cat-gut strings are made from kitten guts, stretched out to near breaking point and then hardened with grue saliva. As a result these give a feeling of Pain and anguish whenever played, and often end up playing themselves backwards as part of satanic rituals.

Typhoon Guitars
http://www.typhoon-guitars.com