lex_luthier wrote:
The sides are perfect for anyone who wants to laminate their sides.
They're great for laminated necks too.
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| Author: | Kelby [ Wed Mar 12, 2008 1:36 am ] |
| Post subject: | Allied Opportunity Grade Rosewood |
I bought a few sets of Allied's opportunity grade rosewood a couple years back, and I just finished a dread cutaway with the first set. I'll post some pics soon, but the wood is really pretty, and the guitar sounds great out of the gate. In fact, it may be my best sounding guitar to date. My thanks to Allied. But don't tell my wife -- someday she might figure out that, for my guitars, there doesn't seem to be any correlation between the price of the wood and the quality of the sound. |
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| Author: | Martin Turner [ Wed Mar 12, 2008 6:03 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Allied Opportunity Grade Rosewood |
I bought a heap of the op grade IRW from Allied a few years back and it was a great buy. |
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| Author: | Andy Matthews [ Wed Mar 12, 2008 6:43 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Allied Opportunity Grade Rosewood |
What is the "opportunity grade" of which you speak? |
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| Author: | Don Williams [ Wed Mar 12, 2008 10:53 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Allied Opportunity Grade Rosewood |
It was (for the most part) some lower grade East Indian Rosewood that sold at the time for around $26 a set if my memory serves me. It wasn't tight, straight grain...a lot of it was wide grain, or with some small defects etc. It was fantastic wood, and I'm sure wishing I had bought more than five sets of the stuff. I happen to like "imperfect" wood. |
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| Author: | Kelby [ Wed Mar 12, 2008 2:40 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Allied Opportunity Grade Rosewood |
Looks like you can still get it at $30/set if you buy 3+. It's hard to find on their site, but here's the link: http://www.alliedlutherie.com/makeover.htm The sets I got were considered "opportunity" because the color was not perfectly even -- they were lightly striped. Personally, I like the stripes, and I've always hated the rather boring uniform color of "high-grade" rosewood. But who am I to argue? |
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| Author: | James Ringelspaugh [ Wed Mar 12, 2008 4:04 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Allied Opportunity Grade Rosewood |
I'm a big fan as well. The sides are perfect for anyone who wants to laminate their sides. |
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| Author: | Dave Rector [ Wed Mar 12, 2008 4:28 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Allied Opportunity Grade Rosewood |
lex_luthier wrote: The sides are perfect for anyone who wants to laminate their sides. They're great for laminated necks too.
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| Author: | Tom Armstrong [ Wed Mar 12, 2008 8:57 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Allied Opportunity Grade Rosewood |
If you bought 10 sets ( I did) it was $20 per set. Have used two so far and it was one of the best deals I have scored yet. Tom |
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| Author: | Martin Turner [ Thu Mar 13, 2008 2:48 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Allied Opportunity Grade Rosewood |
I've just relieved Allied of 25 sets.....should keep me going untill I reach 175. |
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