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 Post subject: help me identify wood
PostPosted: Fri Dec 15, 2023 7:22 am 
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help me identify wood, photos:
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I'd say mahogany.

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What Chris said or Nara.
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could it be sapele?
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Where's the uke from? I have some wood like that and it is "Solomon Island or Philipine" Mohagany, which is known as "Solomon Island or Philipine Rosewood which is really not a Rosewood, If I remember, it is Pterocarpus Indicus.
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I have massive pieces of wood that looks like this that was sold a Sapele
heavy & dense! in the mahogany family-great for stable necks & B & Sides

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My instinctive guess was mahogany, but…
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Clay S.
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Red meranti might be another possibility.


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I was going to say Meranti too. I've got seven 1''x16"x12' boards to make into shelving or resaw into guitar parts someday. It was identified by the USDA Forest Products Laboratory.
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HelloThere123 how about a front shot of the instrument showing the brand. I guessed Nara knowing that lots of Asian instruments are made of it. If we know where this was made it may shed some light on what's abundant, inexpensive there. Thanks
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My guess is Khaya Ivorensis ( African Mahogany).
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