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| Author: | Terence Kennedy [ Wed Oct 09, 2024 8:19 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Royal Blackwood |
Anyone tried this torrified Purpleheart stuff for fretboards? StewMac’s description makes it sound pretty good. |
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| Author: | Michaeldc [ Wed Oct 09, 2024 10:08 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Royal Blackwood |
Yup, I like it… M |
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| Author: | Jim Watts [ Thu Oct 10, 2024 9:18 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Royal Blackwood |
Is this the same as LMI was selling? I have an instrument nearing completion using one from lmi and it seems pretty nice. |
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| Author: | Michaeldc [ Thu Oct 10, 2024 9:59 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Royal Blackwood |
Jim Watts wrote: Is this the same as LMI was selling? I have an instrument nearing completion using one from lmi and it seems pretty nice. I bought 3 dozen sets (bridge, FB and head-plate) from Lmii when they were closing shop. It’s the best ebony substitute I’ve tried. Weight wise it lands in between ebony and rosewood and is dark black all the way through. M |
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| Author: | bftobin [ Sat Oct 12, 2024 10:02 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Royal Blackwood |
Purpleheart works great for even back and sides. The reason, I think, that you don't see it much is the very high silica content. It's murder on your tools. I think that's also the case with Koa. Both of these woods dull your edge tools and bandsaw blades in short order. In the first class I took on making guitars (classicals) back in the early 1970s, one student could not find BRW at the local lumber yard, so he got Purpleheart. It made a very nice guitar |
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