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Ken McKay

Post subject: Re: Swamp Ash

Posted: Fri May 07, 2010 1:48 pm

Koa

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Location: Traverse City Michigan

Swamp ash is a metaphor for light weight ash wood that will make your guitar sound like its 1959. If you find it, they saw you coming first. I suspect you know this but just wanted to publicize it here. Sorry I can help you more.

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Ken McKay

Post subject: Re: Swamp Ash

Posted: Fri May 07, 2010 2:37 pm

Koa

Joined: Fri Jan 25, 2008 9:55 am
Posts: 982
Location: Traverse City Michigan

I meant, sorry I can't help you more...totally different meaning oops_sign

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Ti-Roux

Post subject: Re: Swamp Ash

Posted: Fri May 07, 2010 3:45 pm

Koa

Joined: Wed Oct 21, 2009 7:46 pm
Posts: 950
First name: Francis
Last Name: Richer
City: Montréal
State: Québec
Zip/Postal Code: H4G 2Z2
Country: Canada
Focus: Build
Status: Semi-pro

A&M WOOD in Cambridge, Ontario sell 14''+ wide boards.

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Ken McKay

Post subject: Re: Swamp Ash

Posted: Sat May 08, 2010 8:37 am

Koa

Joined: Fri Jan 25, 2008 9:55 am
Posts: 982
Location: Traverse City Michigan

Emerald Ash Borer is the culprit. A very bad, bad boy. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emerald_ash_borer

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spoke

Post subject: Re: Swamp Ash

Posted: Sun May 16, 2010 9:09 am

Walnut

Joined: Mon Aug 31, 2009 10:08 am
Posts: 9
Location: Loveland Colorado
First name: George
Last Name: Brown
Country: United States
Focus: Build
Status: Semi-pro

You would figure that a southern US supplier would be the cheapest considering the species is located in the south.

Fraxinus caroliniana

Try a search using wood finder.

I think the problem is the mill just cranks it out as ash. Then the boards are sorted by weight affter the fact. The lighter boards piled in the swamp ash basket and sold to us unsuspecting guitar builders for big bucks. The rest put in the standard ash pile to be sold at a fraction of the cost.

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andyjs999

Post subject: Re: Swamp Ash

Posted: Sat May 22, 2010 10:08 pm

Walnut

Joined: Sat May 22, 2010 6:19 pm
Posts: 29
First name: Andy
Last Name: Schrider
City: Fort Myers
State: FL
Zip/Postal Code: 33913
Country: United States
Focus: Build
Status: Amateur

Alva Hardwoods...in Alva, FL. Talk to Mearl. I was there today and he has everything....bought a really nice piece of Sapele.

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spoke

Post subject: Re: Swamp Ash

Posted: Thu Jun 10, 2010 3:21 pm

Walnut

Joined: Mon Aug 31, 2009 10:08 am
Posts: 9
Location: Loveland Colorado
First name: George
Last Name: Brown
Country: United States
Focus: Build
Status: Semi-pro

Try these guys. They are importers but they must know who they are selling to on the reatail food chain

http://www.worldtimbercorp.com/

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