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Hello.... yup. even more woodiness for you all :)

 

So today I got even MORE wood... Everything you can see here including the ones on the floor leaning against the work bench

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today I got some more Meranti but with a difference.. This new stuff is utility grade Meranti which means its a much harder than the last few lots I got (as I had a chat with the guy about wood hardness today) and man is it.. Later I will show you the weights of two bodies

 

So this is the stuff...

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and cleaned up

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AND I got a few slabs that were big enough for a one piece body... sweet :D

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Here it is cut out (roughly)

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So then what I did was get that body and one of the Metanti ones I have already made of the lighter wood type.. Both are the same thickness

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And the same shape (in fact the one on the bottom is slightly bigger as I am yet to finish it fully (its the lighter wood)

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And now the interesting part... This is the heavy wood (I know those scales arnt the most accurate, but will do :))

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So that was about 7lbs.... and this is the lighter one

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Which was less than half the weight [scared] Yet to look at you would think they were exactly the same wood

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So it just goes to show the massive difference two woods that look exactly the same can have... In fact the light Meranti bodies I have are so light I wonder if I can even really use them as the necks have to be hard wood and thus will be much heavier and will result in neck dive. Maybe I can compensate with a smaller headstock size for those bodies?

 

So this is where I am getting in to the finer points of guitar design.. Exactly why you use only certain woods for necks and bodies etc etc.. All part of the fun though :D

 

Also below you will see another piece I have which at the moment im not sure what it is... see if you know?

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One of the things I really enjoy about picking up a new batch of wood is that you never know what you are going to find :)

 

So I saw this piece.. It was HEAVY so I know its a good hard wood... but in the state it was in you never know what its going to turn out to be

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I then cleaned it up a bit to reveal

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Lol and you know what, im not exactly sure what it is yet.. I will need to do some looking up... I sort of thought it was maple but then the grain pattern doesn't quite match, but it may be a type of maple... or something :) Anyone know?

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