nice 43mm thick is plenty to play with.
So you get to drill your own tuner holes !
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nice 43mm thick is plenty to play with.
So you get to drill your own tuner holes !
Hahaha yeah, neat aye!! I can't wait.Quote:
Originally Posted by wokkaboy
yeah for sure.
You got a drill press hey ?
Can't wait to see a close up of the grain on the silkwood !
You get a bit of an idea looking at this pic but once I start sanding it's really gonna come to life hopefully.Quote:
Originally Posted by wokkaboy
yeah can see some nice quilting bro. Another bonus is no veneers required on an archtop would be pretty difficult.
Looks like the Barge and Woks show is back on air !
Soooo much easier not having to deal with thin veneers. Looks like it is Wokks;-)Quote:
Originally Posted by wokkaboy
yeah for sure, where did you stumble across the blank silkwood bro ?
So what colour stain you got in mind bro ?
with the amount of work you put in Barge, you might as well do scratch bodies.
cool project bro
Aw yeah. Love the concept.
Actually, it isnt a member of the Acer (Maple) family.Quote:
Originally Posted by bargeloobs
Bit hard to tell untill you sand it, but my guess is that chunk of tasty tree is probably Flindersia pimenteliana (common name Maple Silkwood or Rose Silkwood.
The most likely possibility is Flindersia brayleyana (common name QLD maple or maple silkwood).
There are 17 trees in the Flindersia family, all are native to the Moluccan, New Guinea and Australia regions.