Good score.
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I wonder over the last 30 years how many of these were used as stakes for garage sale signs.
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| Author: | StevenWheeler [ Thu Sep 27, 2012 7:18 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Got some rosewood today. |
A friend of mine stopped by today. He was cleaning out a house he just picked up. "Hey, You want this?" Attachment: Wood 001.JPG Attachment: Wood 002.JPG Attachment: Wood 004.JPG Turns out the old timer who used to live there made pool cues for a hobby. That was two owners ago. This stuff has been sitting on a shelf in the basement for about 30 years. The big pile is rosewood, two pieces of ebony and the other three are jatoba. I cleaned up a couple of pieces and one smells rather like chocolate. At least half of the sticks look like that one did before scraping. The bummer is its all 1 3/8" square and 25" long so no fretboards or full length bindings, lots of bridges though. Thanks Mike! Steve |
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| Author: | John Killin [ Thu Sep 27, 2012 7:28 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Got some rosewood today. |
Good score. I wonder over the last 30 years how many of these were used as stakes for garage sale signs.
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| Author: | meddlingfool [ Thu Sep 27, 2012 11:13 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Got some rosewood today. |
I've heard of book matched fingerboards... |
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| Author: | jfmckenna [ Fri Sep 28, 2012 8:03 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Got some rosewood today. |
Gotta love that! I'm working on something like that right now, crossing fingers it proves to be true, if so I will be sure to post pics 
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| Author: | Colin North [ Fri Sep 28, 2012 9:17 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Got some rosewood today. |
Potential for neck laminations as well. |
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| Author: | Colin North [ Fri Sep 28, 2012 9:17 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Got some rosewood today. |
Potential for neck laminations as well. |
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| Author: | grumpy [ Fri Sep 28, 2012 9:26 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Got some rosewood today. |
What kind of RW? If it's anything but EIR, you have a great stash of bridges and bridgeplates, as well as the already mentioned bookmatched fretboards. If your headstock design isn't too wide, you can also use a bookmatched headplate(I do these often). Heck, if your headstock design needs a wider headplate, do a 3-piece wedge! And of course, you could slice 'em up into smaller squares and turn some bridge pins, end pins, tuner buttons, etc.... Excellent score! EDIT: I just realized that you said some smelled like chocolate? Bingo! BRW! And not surprisingly, since 3-/40 years ago, if you bought "rosewood", you usually got BRW. Bonus! EDIT #2: for Lacey reasons, you should make, keep, and maintain a photographic record of this wood, showing that this bridge, or that headplate, whatever, was cut from this blank, and so forth. Give the blanks part numbers, even, and keep those records along with the photos. Just in case the Lacey nonsense gets worse! |
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| Author: | Darryl Young [ Fri Sep 28, 2012 11:14 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Got some rosewood today. |
Nice score and good suggestion Mario. |
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