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Permalink Reply by Bad Finger (Eric) on June 11, 2014 at 1:33am

Curly maple is my favorite and will produce a great natural pattern with dark stain. Check out pics of my Grumpy Old Git or the license plate guitar on my page for examples.

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Permalink Reply by Slow Slough Guitars on June 11, 2014 at 2:44am

I've looked at that online before. Haven't sourced any locally yet. So it takes stain well?

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Permalink Reply by Bill Isherwood on June 11, 2014 at 9:29am

Hi,

Sycamore might be worth a try.

I'm recycling an old drawing board, made of sycamore, for my necks.

It stays in tune for weeks, & seems to take stain O.K.

Cheers,

CBGBill.

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Permalink Reply by Slow Slough Guitars on June 11, 2014 at 4:41pm

Thanks Bill. I'll see what I can source out.

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Permalink Reply by RTZGUITARS on June 11, 2014 at 5:35pm

Maple and mahogany are what most factory guitars use I been using mahogany with rosewood fretboards because I have it but if your on the cheap you can use oak on oak. I don't use clear anymore just walnut oil.

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Permalink Reply by The Phrygian Kid on June 11, 2014 at 8:54pm

Use a light coloured hardwood which you can easily get, ideally for free.

they all work

ive had blue dyes return a green result from yellow wood.  Be sure to test on scrap first.  The best results I've had for blue are with ink.

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Permalink Reply by Slow Slough Guitars on June 14, 2014 at 3:01pm

Thanks, I've found something unique. I don't know if it will work for this project because it's a middle dark wood. More of in the sycamore family. I found some wood dye I want to try out that may produce the dark blue I'm looking for. If not, I'll keep looking.

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Permalink Reply by ChickenboneJohn on June 14, 2014 at 6:18pm

If it's middle-dark it's not sycamore - true sycamore is a maple, which is pale, North American Sycamores are related to the plane tee family..and that's a pale wood too.

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Permalink Reply by Slow Slough Guitars on June 14, 2014 at 7:40pm

Not sure. Lacewood is a bit of a generic term covering Sycamores to a Central American exotic to Australian. So I'm just kind of guessing. Here's a picture, you tell me what it is? Feels pretty dense. I haven't had a chance to work it at all yet. Hopefully tomorrow after church I'll get to.

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