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I have a friend who has just sawn a WWII era southern long leaf pine. Blue stain due to beetle infestation. The spalting and color are rather intense. But where the quarter sawn stuff is, not so much. Flat sawn, lots of color. Seems it would be a interesting project.

Southern long leaf yellow pine, a.k.a. pitch pine, tends to be resinous and heavy. What were you thinking of using it for?

Clay, I don't know. Something guitar related. But, yes, it does look heavy and resinous. Maybe nothing.

I bet if it were thinned down to about .125" it wouldn't be too heavy to build a guitar top out of, or even the entire guitar, top, back sides & neck.

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I knew If I was patient, someone would post a picture. Very nice!

That LLYP was a raw, loud guitar, so don't expect subtle, civilized tones!

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That's it, I'm gonna do it, albeit with some of the blue stain spalting

Really cool ax David!!!!

I used a mystery pine to build a guitar and it turned out fantastic. It's very dark amber like the one above which is a beautiful guitar. The one I built had a very thin top and is indeed extraordinarily loud. I've got more of it too. I wonder if I can find out what it is.

Thanks.
This was from a ship-lap siding board that I found 2 blocks from me. It had laid in an open garage overhead, NOS, for 50 years, I think. It was hard and resinous, but in my climate it cycled hot-to-cold in high humidity.

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Separating the various pines can be difficult, but it is possible. Start by measuring the density. White pine and Ponderosa pine are generally soft and relatively lightweight, while the SYP in this thread is much denser and harder.

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