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Permalink Reply by Monterey on March 16, 2015 at 12:13pm

I used Peruvian Olive on my Appalachian Mountain Dulcimers- it's really hard, and kinda green looking, really pretty, works good. Got some free flooring samples of it a couple of years back. I was going to try Walnut for the nut and bridge on the License Plate Guitar- had a sample of that too, that I used for the tail block. Still have a couple of nice Rosewood samples too. And I had some Appalachian Hickory from them that made up the tail on my Dulcimer, and some More Olive and Red Oak in my scroll. Actually you can still order free samples online from www.builddirect.com if you're interested

Permalink Reply by Brian Revels on March 16, 2015 at 1:08pm

Good info... just ordered some free samples too!

Permalink Reply by gary sheldon on March 16, 2015 at 1:17pm

I like the sound of that.  Although I have been getting quite a bit of free wood from the tall ship we are building here.  Some Walnut, Doug Fir, Pepperwood (aka Myrtlewood), Oak, etc.

Permalink Reply by Monterey on March 16, 2015 at 1:16pm

Cool! You'll be happy with them I hope- mine were really nice, and they came fast

Permalink Reply by Monterey on March 16, 2015 at 5:45pm

NP- the samples I got from them were sure nice, and the price was right!