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What wood is this?

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grappagreengrappagreen Frets: 1252
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All,

What do we think this is?



Si

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  • TimmyOTimmyO Frets: 6976
    I'll bite - mahogany 

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  • beed84beed84 Frets: 2295
    Looks like mahogany to me too.
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  • CloudNineCloudNine Frets: 4121
    edited October 2018
    I might venture to say Sapele, as you tend to see those lighter streaks, but definitely looks like a mahogany sort of wood anyway.
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  • AliGorieAliGorie Frets: 308
    grap, can u take a piccie of the inside - through the soundhole ?
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  • grappagreengrappagreen Frets: 1252
    Thanks for the responses all.

    Does this help?

     

    Si
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  • proggyproggy Frets: 5721
    It's either mahogany or sapele. It's difficult to tell them apart when they've been quarter cut.
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  • p90foolp90fool Frets: 29588
    Looks like 70s-school-desk-mahogany to me. 
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  • Strat_a_tat_tatStrat_a_tat_tat Frets: 2758
    p90fool said:
    Looks like 70s-school-desk-mahogany to me. 
    Wow... you went to a posh school!
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  • AliGorieAliGorie Frets: 308
    p90fool said:
    Looks like 70s-school-desk-mahogany to me. 
    Wow... you went to a posh school!
    remember when the all mahogany bodied guitars were marketed as 'budget' models ?.
    I got a 'slab' of south American mahogany from the old railway ticket office counter when it closed.
    back on topic - note the difference with the unstained interior -  could be one of many mahogany substitutes - i.e. not swietenia mahogoni maybe African (Khaya ivorensis).
     


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  • TimmyOTimmyO Frets: 6976
    Strat_a_tat_tat said:
    p90fool said:
    Looks like 70s-school-desk-mahogany to me. 
    Wow... you went to a posh school!
    All manner of cheap furniture had mahogany veneer on it in the 70s 
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  • p90foolp90fool Frets: 29588
    TimmyO said:
    Strat_a_tat_tat said:
    p90fool said:
    Looks like 70s-school-desk-mahogany to me. 
    Wow... you went to a posh school!
    All manner of cheap furniture had mahogany veneer on it in the 70s 
    Definitely. I don't think the teachers who were escorted by the police into my 1970s South Wales comprehensive every morning would've described it as posh.
    :)
    When I bought my current Les Paul I looked at the back of it and was immediately transported back 40 years, in fact I still get the urge to carve "Sharon is a slag" and "CCFC" in it. 
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  • grappagreengrappagreen Frets: 1252
    Thanks for the responses all;

    Does this provide any clarity?

    https://youtu.be/eWobGgSkLVk

    Thanks,

    Si


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  • AliGorieAliGorie Frets: 308
    thats better grapp - it's rosewood prob Indian.

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  • ICBMICBM Frets: 69426
    Clearly rosewood. It’s amazing what a difference wrong colour balance and contrast in a photo can do!

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  • grappagreengrappagreen Frets: 1252
    Really appreciate the help all.
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  • TimmyOTimmyO Frets: 6976
    Blimey yes what a difference 
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  • grappagreengrappagreen Frets: 1252
    I ended up buying this classical from one of the 'cash converter' type shops. It was purchased new in the mid 70's and sold to the shop by the original owner's brother on his recent passing. All solid, no cracks/splits and with ebony f/b and ceder neck. Plays really nicely and sounds wonderful with a new set of Oasis carbon strings. A total and utter bargain..

    Thanks again to you all - you helped make it happen and I appreciate it!

    Si
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