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Hi guys. Does anyone have any info on where to buy back and side sets that are cuban mahogany? I have looked around at the sites listed and then some but haven't run across any. Thanks for the help guys.

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Thanks To All:
Lee
Sikeston,Mo.

Bob C (RC Tonewoods) has some on his website for sale.

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Dave White
De Faoite Stringed Instruments
". . . the one thing a machine just can't do is give you character and personalities and sometimes that comes with flaws, but it always comes with humanity" Monty Don talking about hand weaving, "Mastercrafts", Weaving, BBC March 2010

Yep Lee, Uncle Bob at RC Tonewoods and I am working with a set from him, a beautiful set - right now.

Strange that we went from building a guitar out of formica to one out of cuban mahogany.....

one extreme to the other...

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Ken H

Not to be rude, but these threads are often overlooked because of the title. Try starting a new thread and labeling it "I need a set of Cuban Mahogany"

Thanks for the info Dave and Hesh.

Terry you're right I should have been a little more specific,I'll work on the subject title's.

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Thanks To All:
Lee
Sikeston,Mo.

Lee buddy I took this picture at Uncle Bob's, RC Tonewoods, about a month ago........ I wanted to roll in the stuff..... which, BTW, the act of rolling around in a pile of beautiful tonewood is called a "crazy ritz" as coined by Coach Tony Karol.....

Now there's the mother lode! Just gotta figure out how much to buy! (gotta save enough to share with your friends though )

I have some wondefull 150 year old curly cuban mahogany that came from an old cabanit makers stash.
he bought when he started his aprentiship at 15 and stashed it for that special job.
he died at 90 years old with out ever using it.
his family kept it for another 30 years before deciding to sell it.
most of the wood went to antique restorers but i managed to get some of it for guitars.

There is some realy nice plantation stock about from the south pacific but its not quite the same as the real thing from cuba.

cuba put an export ban real cuban mahogany in 1946 and it has been comercialy extinct since.

i only have six sets of this left its a wood i will not be able to get again (allthough i do have the plantation stock at half the price).
i do have a good supplier that is good at finding old stock like this so more may come up one day.

it a stunning wood and a dream to use.

I would recomend bobs wood. my freind bought a set from him and it made a wondefulll guitar and his service is second to none.

also i am not sure about exporting this wood to the states due to cites classification so i may not be able to ship it to the states.

good luck i think you find cuban mahogany one of your favourate woods.

joel.