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Do any of you know of a source of wood binding that is golden yellow (light amber?) in color. I'm having a tough time locating anything.
Thanks,
Bill

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Yellowheart?

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Koa...

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Steve Sollod (pronounced sorta like "Solid")
www.swiftcreekguitars.com

Anigre and satinwood come to mind. If you call Hibdon Hardwood, they might have some anigre stock. I have some satinwood veneer sheets from Certainly Wood that I cut up into purfling, but I'm not sure where to get binding stock. Give them a call. Who knows?

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Canary wood?

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I have finished some Prima Vera guitars and they were what I would call golden yellow. I think there is a pic of one on the Colonial Tonewoods site.

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Brazilian boxwood is perfect, also easy to bend and work. I would call it perfect but the only source I know is Rivolta in Italy.

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besides Brazilian (castelo) boxwood and satinwood, movingui and pau marfim also have a nice golden yellow color. Avodire is a bit paler but still nice. Yellowheart maybe a tad too yellow, but also an option. canary wood and koa, to my eyes, seem more like golden brown.

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Gilmer has a few boards on their website long enough for binding.

Maple heartwood is another good option.

I have bought boxwood for turning small boxes over the years. It came in 18"-24" lengths about 3-4" round. Nice light yellow color.

Check in the turning wood section at wood stores. Mine was listed as Turkish but this was years ago. It was not expensive.

Alaskan Yellow Cedar - a creamy yellow. Very straight and nearly invisible grain, may be a bit soft for this duty, but is the best smelling wood there is

Ed

I looked up what Cooks woods had for boxwood. They have a lot of some kind of boxwood from south America that might work for you. It seems to come in longer pieces also. Shades of yellow. I don't think it is a true boxwood but check it out.

Flutes are made from it. They bore out the pith.

True boxwood is an ornamental grown all over the world. My Grandfather Grew it on His farm in South Virginia from 1910-60 for resale as landscaping material. He showed me some in the 50's that were 12" high but too big/expensive, to move for sale. Very expensive; and slow growing. Most is too small for bindings but large pieces are available when one has to be removed occasionally.

My brother lives there now and let me cut out a 3" by 3' straight branch out of the very center of a 6' round bush. It is perfect for turning small pieces, as it is so stable you can include the pith in turnings.

Why not stain some maple

Osage? Its definitely hard enough.

Said to turn to brown over time. Curious what it will look like in say 10 yrs.

Here is what Castillo looks like (same as Brazilian boxwood I think) - this board has been sitting in the shop for a couple of years - about how long it's been since I've been able to find the time to build. This came from Gilmer, and I purchased it for bindings too. I want something more durable than cypress for the binding scheme I use (wishfully) for blancas. The attached picture is cypress. The guitar has not been heavily knocked around so I can't say one way or another whether the cypress is itself too flimsy.

This is a lifetime supply for me, considering there is next to zero local market for flamenco guitars. If you'd like me to saw off a slice, I'd be glad to share it with you. My plan is to saw off slices that I would laminate veneer sheets onto for the purfling scheme, and then slice again to get individual bindings.

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Jim Kirby
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Bob is correct .Have 20 yrold osage boards that have dulled to a muddy brownish colour. If you could lock the colour in of freshly cut osage it would look great .It/s one of those phosphorescent /light sensitive woods.

yellow heart!

do a web search.
Mc

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Mike Collins

Osage Orange (unstained Hond. mahogany neck). The neck heel piece is American Boxwood from a neighbor's front yard

1) Freshly cut - too bright to photograph correctly

2) 6 weeks after finish was started

3) 2 years later

I have never used it myself, but I've seen citrus (especially lemon wood) used for binding and it has a yellow tone that stays yellow.