More gorgeous wood !!!

Click the pictures & sizes to see more photo's!!

https://tonewood.com/guitar-wood/solid-body-electric-guitar-woods.html

A bit about Bubinga!!!!

https://www.craftsy.com/blog/2014/08/what-is-bubinga-wood/

http://www.rockler.com/how-to/woodworkers-harvest-preserve-rare-african-bubinga-hardwood-trees/

Amboyna Burl !!!

http://www.bellforestproducts.com/amboyna-burl/

https://www.facebook.com/ChicagoMusicExchange/photos/p.1600778619946880/1600778619946880/?type=1&opaqueCursor=Abqvqgzf2bTOpe8s3LxUCS_wlrLRtn8IMNoIUA9-R_T5JobAhIUGeeLqPax1SWW3O3uzfSUOlkd0vGdKaxtVOzGiDwxN6QznewzlU0sy_55TFiYv8g_cFYSlcbxcCVsqSItwhR_FVDpWihu8-xr3DG9ggjKDmZuCXHA52BK19aaVHQH01mRTb8Z_FcCLxg302Y-xPD_7J4N_y34m6hvQkmbVjLo-a56vEnZJonB1Kvo85tdnbiug9_UIrFEIFT0h9pfPL8lONHo3SFiWZbzo-7m-XosPV77wWCA9ENv1QCikjOHU38_rnWAlKgG79xOlWjVEwH1RgvpTxmKWlPHlNRL5rxcbEZLXCYxotkA966taEXNy2AY_HmbWEDjxjqXaLhRNfD-WIFjrTYj3neH2Dz96iG3_JozJ6orDN6doMSEGnw&theater

More Amboyna!!!

https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=1686569694708069&set=p.1686569694708069&type=1&opaqueCursor=AbrW-nuoltMqOdJtdz8fh4MXZy5X6SDjkzPOmXtPRzpoxmzwf7BBP0uhXWuFCornvsbH4KpNboJhVczY7mn157WZD7_CzLphKQR0m3Z0XLKOlZOra4RXpsOD3HI7XnUP5nY877WIcrPjVpZrS0TIapgT5EC7RekWExQ_A91uAmnCH2C-sID2vI8s7rm5hMX1fo28mOHq33Z9cAuYb9zw6f31wYFnMMrmPCnoCPF_WLx-XMyiQwWF624rmpHe0mj5pu6j3ielw7HCN2dSwrSSdB4FT-wyaWdbJ3uOos0AhZL93HJRADen7wLOC7_10fq4u5WsRv3z8a2TfCKEPt8FhSaeEf3nHMEVLuU2vdyhL6tbR15-ZbHGQwiGqQ9Yncfzot4Cga0ad6Pj1_8b4RRdh1MzfoMjSov3wWm0kLD1vz86PTmBRPOnrJo2iUxN-empHbU&theater

For those interested in "special" woods for their custom instruments, the father of my son's current girlfriend owns a company called AncientWood Limited in Ashland Wisconsin (http://www.ancientwood.com/). They deal exclusively with salvaged Kauri that has been buried in bogs in New Zealand for up 50,000 years.  While the majority of the work they do focuses on building $100,000 tables, they also sell tonewood and laminates for a variety of instruments including acoustic and electric guitars/basses (http://www.ancientwood.com/tonewood/).

That is so Great!!!

Hammer Time!!!

Quote from: hammer on December 01, 2017, 08:27:24 AM
For those interested in "special" woods for their custom instruments, the father of my son's current girlfriend owns a company called AncientWood Limited in Ashland Wisconsin (http://www.ancientwood.com/). They deal exclusively with salvaged Kauri that has been buried in bogs in New Zealand for up 50,000 years.  While the majority of the work they do focuses on building $100,000 tables, they also sell tonewood and laminates for a variety of instruments including acoustic and electric guitars/basses (http://www.ancientwood.com/tonewood/).

That's cool; last I heard it was illegal to export Ancient Kauri as lumber -only legal as a finished product.

Peter (Whose youngest son went to college in Ashland; great town!)

I lived in NZ for about 5 years.... there are a few NZ guitar builders who use swamp kauri.  Langcaster guitars has some decent pictures....

http://langcaster.co.nz/

Truly Stunning!!!

Laurie Williams does some nice things with it, too.

Peter