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meddlingfool
 Post subject: Wenge Question...
PostPosted: Fri Jan 14, 2011 10:23 pm 
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Does the splinteryness of wenge correlte to a tendency to crack?
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yes.
and the stuff is a pain to sand as well.
nice sounding and looking guitar if you get it to work, though.
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Wow. I actually looked at that and didn't see the typo.
Correlate. Correlate. Correlate...

Ok. It definitely feels different from anything else I've tried. It smells like a barn when wet (a good thing). I guess I will use side struts with this one. I may also be having a reaction to this stuff. Anyone else had problems with it?
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Wenge has huge open pores and is a pain to fill and finish nicely. Good luck with it!

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I've been using it for bracing lams and I like it. Don't think I'd use it for the box though...too many splinters.
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