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what type of wood is this?

Anyone know what this might be? Ranges from black to grey and yellowish, some brownish red hues as well. I was thinking mahogany but isn't that more overall redish?

Some sticks are really dark and then fade into these lighter colors abruptly.

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Permalink Reply by Thomas "Duck" Petry on May 11, 2012 at 5:18pm

Tree Wood?

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Permalink Reply by Don Barnhill on May 11, 2012 at 5:36pm

It reminds me of Zebrawood?

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Permalink Reply by robert jones on May 12, 2012 at 12:05am

Mourning wood...cause it's sad it hasn't been made into anything useful yet? ;]

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Permalink Reply by Andy Eight Spades CBG on May 12, 2012 at 9:27am

Well, goncalo alves is called zebrawood or tigerwood. I'm leaning torward that. I just found a really nice fingered stick in my pile. Probably going to cut a bunch up for fretboards. As soon as I get my saw I will offer you guys some if any are interested. Charge for my time and shipping. We can work out a price. Let me know.

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Permalink Reply by Randy S. Bretz on May 12, 2012 at 2:19pm

http://www.exoticwood.biz/marblewood.htm

Looks like Marblewood, i`ve used it on some bridges already. Very dense.

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Permalink Reply by wormil on May 14, 2012 at 1:55am

Hard to identify wood in the rough, if you can plane some down it might help. My guess is they are walnut cut-offs, the light wood is sap wood.

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Permalink Reply by Andy Eight Spades CBG on May 14, 2012 at 5:05am

Yeah possible, but I've never seen walnut with this type of striping. I'll try to get a better pic tonight. It also doesn't smell like walnut when cut. Walnut has that distinct bitter aroma.

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Permalink Reply by wormil on May 14, 2012 at 8:23am

Yeah, that's not walnut. Ipe?

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Permalink Reply by the anonymous pick on May 14, 2012 at 9:25am

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Permalink Reply by Andy Eight Spades CBG on May 14, 2012 at 11:01am

Ok,ok...it's zebrawood....lol

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Permalink Reply by the anonymous pick on May 14, 2012 at 12:44pm

lol .. ;-)

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Permalink Reply by wormil on May 14, 2012 at 3:11pm

I have zebrawood in my shop and it looks nothing like the pics posted.

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