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Andy Bounsall

Post subject: Black limba acoustic

Posted: Wed Jul 07, 2021 4:34 pm

Mahogany

Joined: Sun Nov 26, 2017 9:25 am
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Location: Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
First name: Andy
Last Name: Bounsall
City: Ottawa
State: Ontario
Zip/Postal Code: K2H 7C7
Country: Canada
Focus: Build
Status: Semi-pro

I haven’t posted a completed build for quite a while so I thought I’d post a few pics of this, one of two recently completed guitars. This one is a grand auditorium sized body in black limba with a lutz spruce top. Neck is also black limba. Fretboard is ziricote bound in ebony. Bridge is ziricote as well and yes, that grain pattern is naturally occurring. Scale is 25 1/4”. I’m experimenting with shooting guitar photos against a newly acquired seamless background. Pretty pleased with the results so far. Enjoy!

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BradHall

Post subject: Re: Black limba acoustic

Posted: Wed Jul 07, 2021 6:42 pm

Cocobolo

Joined: Fri Sep 11, 2015 5:23 pm
Posts: 260
First name: Brad
Last Name: Hall
City: Windsor
State: Ca.
Zip/Postal Code: 95492
Country: USA
Focus: Build
Status: Amateur

I’m a big fan of mostly all wood appointments on guitars. You did an outstanding job on this one. Beautiful.

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meddlingfool

Post subject: Re: Black limba acoustic

Posted: Wed Jul 07, 2021 9:45 pm

Brazilian Rosewood

Joined: Wed Feb 20, 2008 7:15 pm
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First name: Ed
Last Name: Bond
City: Vancouver
Country: Canada
Focus: Build
Status: Professional

Very nice!

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Mike Collins

Post subject: Re: Black limba acoustic

Posted: Thu Jul 08, 2021 7:15 am

Brazilian Rosewood

Joined: Mon Mar 06, 2006 10:10 pm
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Location: Argyle New York
First name: Mike/Mikey/Michael/hey you!
Last Name: Collins
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State: New York
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Focus: Build
Status: Professional

Beautiful!
how's it sound?
Mike

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jfmckenna

Post subject: Re: Black limba acoustic

Posted: Thu Jul 08, 2021 8:46 am

Brazilian Rosewood

Joined: Tue May 13, 2008 10:44 am
Posts: 6256
Location: Virginia

Nice! Looks like it even has a little figure in it. I have a few sets of BL but have not used any yet. What do you think of it? Is it easy to work and bend?

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SteveSmith

Post subject: Re: Black limba acoustic

Posted: Thu Jul 08, 2021 9:50 am

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Location: Southeast US
City: Lenoir City
State: TN
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Nice guitar! What did you use for the finish?

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Michaeldc

Post subject: Re: Black limba acoustic

Posted: Thu Jul 08, 2021 9:52 am

Koa

Joined: Sun Jun 22, 2014 1:45 pm
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First name: Michael
Last Name: Colbert
City: Anacortes
State: WA
Focus: Build

Sweet!

Black limba is a favorite, sounds great, reasonably priced, and easy to work with.

M

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Tim L

Post subject: Re: Black limba acoustic

Posted: Thu Jul 08, 2021 11:28 am

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Andy that came out nice.
How would you compare the overall weight of the guitar vs one where you had used Mahogany instead of the Black Limba?

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banjopicks

Post subject: Re: Black limba acoustic

Posted: Thu Jul 08, 2021 12:56 pm

Koa

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First name: Richard
Last Name: Hutchings
City: Warwick
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Focus: Build
Status: Amateur

Great looking guitar

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bftobin

Post subject: Re: Black limba acoustic

Posted: Thu Jul 08, 2021 4:41 pm

Cocobolo

Joined: Fri Nov 02, 2007 2:53 pm
Posts: 481
Location: Canada

In my experience, mahogany and black limba are pretty much equal in weight and sound.

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Chris Pile

Post subject: Re: Black limba acoustic

Posted: Thu Jul 08, 2021 4:56 pm

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Classic and elegant, Andy. Well done!

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Pmaj7

Post subject: Re: Black limba acoustic

Posted: Thu Jul 08, 2021 10:15 pm

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Location: Seattle WA
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Nice work! The black streaks really tie it all together.

Pat

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Andy Bounsall

Post subject: Re: Black limba acoustic

Posted: Fri Jul 09, 2021 6:07 pm

Mahogany

Thanks for all the kind words. I’d agree with others about black limba being similar to mahogany in weight and workability. Perhaps a bit easier to bend...less tendency to compress on the inside of the curve than mahogany, I found. Finish on this one: pore fill with two coats of ZPoxy followed by two or three coats of blonde shellac, then about a dozen coats of Emtech EM6000. Level/wet sand 800, 1000, 1500, then buff with medium and fine compounds.

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Clay S.

Post subject: Re: Black limba acoustic

Posted: Sat Jul 10, 2021 11:01 am

Brazilian Rosewood

Joined: Sun Mar 30, 2008 8:20 am
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That's a Beauty!
It looks like you book matched the sound hole ring.

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Andy Bounsall

Post subject: Re: Black limba acoustic

Posted: Sat Jul 10, 2021 1:44 pm

Mahogany

Clay S. wrote:

That's a Beauty!
It looks like you book matched the sound hole ring.

Yes, I did.

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Andy Bounsall

Post subject: Re: Black limba acoustic

Posted: Mon Aug 02, 2021 9:32 am

Mahogany

Here’s a video of Don Bray making my guitar sound good. Enjoy! https://youtu.be/e8rQ4rGbQR8

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Ken Nagy

Post subject: Re: Black limba acoustic

Posted: Mon Aug 02, 2021 1:35 pm

Koa

Joined: Sat Mar 09, 2019 4:50 pm
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Location: Goodrich, MI
First name: Ken
Last Name: Nagy
City: Goodrich
State: MI
Focus: Build
Status: Amateur

Andy I listened to both of them. I really don't know how steel string guitars are supposed to sound, delayed ome, or thought about it. Yeah, I've heard J. Taylor and P. Simon, that's about all I can think of! Pathetic, isn't it?

The first is very clear. This one sounds almost like an electric, or 12 string, it has some sparkle to it.

Probably different in person, but they are distinctly different sounding. I'd be hard pressed to choose between them.

Nice

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