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| Author: | Colin North [ Mon Oct 12, 2015 8:22 am ] |
| Post subject: | That's me stocked up with kerfing/tail blocks for a while |
Client commissioning a guitar asked me I would like some wood that was cluttering up his garage. Got it from his father, who got it 25 years ago. Picked it up at the weekend. About a third of it seems to be Sapelle, or possibly Dark Red Meranti, the rest probably White Meranti, and quite a bit lighter in weight and colour. Couple or maybe three neck blanks in the perfectly quartered piece on top, the rest tailblock laminations and kerfing. Sweet. Attachment: Kerfing.JPG
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| Author: | Quine [ Mon Oct 12, 2015 12:04 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: That's me stocked up with kerfing/tail blocks for a whil |
Nice score. Might be a ukulele or two in that pile too |
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| Author: | Colin North [ Mon Oct 12, 2015 1:49 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: That's me stocked up with kerfing/tail blocks for a whil |
Actually, I did notice some of the nicer stuff (dense, quartered, striped, strong medullary rays) is about 8 1/2-9" wide. I've no objections to Sapelle, and my first guitar was Red Meranti B & S. It sounded OK, and people seem to like it. |
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| Author: | jfmckenna [ Mon Oct 12, 2015 2:11 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: That's me stocked up with kerfing/tail blocks for a whil |
Gotta love that!
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| Author: | George L [ Mon Oct 12, 2015 2:20 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: That's me stocked up with kerfing/tail blocks for a whil |
Bingo! ![[clap]](./images/smilies/smiley32.gif "adulations")
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| Author: | unkabob [ Mon Oct 12, 2015 2:53 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: That's me stocked up with kerfing/tail blocks for a whil |
Colin: Can you explain further about meranti ? I may have been calling this mahogany and some of my wood comes from shipping pallets. Bob 
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| Author: | mike-p [ Mon Oct 12, 2015 3:10 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: That's me stocked up with kerfing/tail blocks for a whil |
Looks like the stuff I picked up in similar circumstances. Using it for back and sides and neck laminations currently. Seems denser and a bit more resonant than hond hog. |
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| Author: | Colin North [ Mon Oct 12, 2015 4:58 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: That's me stocked up with kerfing/tail blocks for a whil |
unkabob wrote: Colin: Can you explain further about meranti ? I may have been calling this mahogany and some of my wood comes from shipping pallets. Bob I can't do any better than this http://www.wood-database.com/?s=meranti Wide range of stuff called meranti, with range of properties from "reasonably dense, good tap tone, mahogany-lookalike" to "might just be able to make a cheap plywood with it". |
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| Author: | Colin North [ Mon Oct 12, 2015 4:59 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: That's me stocked up with kerfing/tail blocks for a whil |
mike-p wrote: Looks like the stuff I picked up in similar circumstances. Using it for back and sides and neck laminations currently. Seems denser and a bit more resonant than hond hog. Sound like the good stuff. |
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| Author: | unkabob [ Thu Oct 15, 2015 7:51 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: That's me stocked up with kerfing/tail blocks for a whil |
Colin: Thank you for the link. It looks like some of my instruments are meranti rather than mahogany. I must remember this if I am stopped at the US border. Bob
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| Author: | mqbernardo [ Fri Oct 16, 2015 4:08 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: That's me stocked up with kerfing/tail blocks for a whil |
And I thought I was going to finally see a picture of you, Colin.... Nice score! Always feels nicer when it's free. |
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| Author: | Colin North [ Fri Oct 16, 2015 6:00 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: That's me stocked up with kerfing/tail blocks for a whil |
Quote: And I thought I was going to finally see a picture of you, Colin.... I'm shy... Attachment: me funny.jpg And in a more laid back mood, Attachment: me.jpg
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| Author: | mqbernardo [ Fri Oct 16, 2015 7:39 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: That's me stocked up with kerfing/tail blocks for a whil |
Nice to meet you! |
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