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Any one have any pictures to share , I have a back and side set I picked up a while back and thought I would use it .the wood is very light....

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MK5acoustics.com

I like it without any stain.

Fresh cut mahogany is usually pretty light colored. Though it does darken some on exposure, many of the mahogany guitars you see are stained.

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John

Not sure whether or not you mean light as in weight or color.. but as John Arnold says, it is light colored when freshly cut.. and it also produces a light guitar, weight wise..Mahogany with no stain will darken up considerably to a beautiful rich brown. Honduras mahogany is one of my favorite back and side woods.. you won't be disappointed

light weight and light in color!!!!...think I will probably use some stain...using EIR for binding, trim and fretboard

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MK5acoustics.com

Here's a recent one of mine. I got the mahogany on the cheap locally. I've gotten a couple of back sets, several flatsawn side sets, and several two-piece, quartersawn necks from it so far. I love mahogany! Best bang for the buck I know. A million D-18's can't be wrong...

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Mountain Song Guitars www.mountainsongguitars.com

You can get pretty figured mahogany. This has just zpoxy and em6000

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http://www.Harvestmoonguitars.com

Great, rich look Ken...what did you use?
John, do you (or anyone) shellac between zpoxy & Em6000 or does it provide enough adhesion alone??

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Dave
Milton, ON

I have done both: shellac between the zpoxy and em6000, and em6000 straight on to zpoxy. I have had no problems, but the oldest of my finishes with em6000 straight on zpoxy is only about 1 year.

I mainly use shellac when I want just a bit more amber than the zpoxy gives me.

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http://www.Harvestmoonguitars.com

Here's one I did recently. Poly finish is by Joe White.

Chris-

My first custom was a D-18 style great guitar.

Damned CITES rule, no source for honduran mahogany in Taiwan and CITES means that no one can ship it to me.

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

Here's one I did a while back.

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Jim Watts
http://jameswattsguitars.com

I like to pore fill with black to darken it up some.
This one had a Lutz top and is my favorite sounding spruce topped guitar I have made.






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Here's an OM with plain Honduran finished with Nitro. That's how I've done all mine so far.

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