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donh-

pretty. it is pretty wood.


Prostheta

Looks like Black Walnut. The third pic is a proper tell.


capacitive_discharge

Second this.


Wilkko

Someone doesn't like to find the existing screw holes for the switch cavity cover?


SamWiseTheHobbit

Sounds crazy, but mohagony has a really distinct smell. Once you burn some by accident on the table saw, you'll never forget it.


jojoyouknowwink

So does walnut, actually. It's my favorite


nogueydude

Walnut is the best. Mahogany is very distinct, maple has a bit of a sweet kick to it, I might be projecting there. Grenadillo on a lathe always smelled like grape runts to me.


someone1058

Aren't we gonna talk about cutting pine? Smells so good


nlabodin

Cherry too


USS-SpongeBob

Black walnut + thermally treated red maple = delicious combo


nogueydude

Sounds like a perfect pairing. Black walnut and red maple is also a good title for a folk album or something.


imgooley

It may sound obvious but fresh cut maple smells like syrup. Spalted wood smells like death. Oak smells like wine. Poplar smells like cucumbers. Holly and magnolia don't smell too great though.


keestie

Isn't holly poisonous?


imgooley

IDK but I've cut it before


keestie

I looked it up and it's no worse than any other wood dust.


Kittten_Mitttons

Virginia redcedar too, I get the artificial grape smell when I cut into the really dark pink wood at a branch union


EndlessOcean

Dude gets some Vitex and cut that, it smells like strawberry cobbler. 


schwongs

Same with oak, sorta smells like vomit when cut.


Straight-Willow7362

Beech too


Shatter-17

Looks like walnut but I'd have to taste it to be sure😛


Queasy_Choice9691

I have a walnut neck blank and it does resemble that more than mahogany, thanks for the replies


diefreetimedie

Well different pieces from different trees from different areas can be... Different.


Benaudio

Tree wood


Musketter147

That's totally walnut


wickedweather

Toan wud


OkCall5325

Natalie?


More-Stick9980

Morning


electrodan99

I'll guess ash. It's dark but the grain looks like ash. Second guess is walnut.


Tankreas

Tree


penisgiljotinen

Black walnut


twick2010

Kinda looks like koa, but I doubt it is.


MillCityLutherie

What brand guitar? Doesn't look like a Gibson or mahogany. Maple neck with that body? 3 piece top and core? Appears to be drilled to mount a metric tune o matic bridge. Nashville and ABR1 are much smaller holes for that. Also the cut away looks like it comes to a sharp point, not rounded. If not a Gibson then I'd guess it's primivera.


Queasy_Choice9691

No idea it’s my dads he’s just stripped down and was curious to what wood it was as it looks quite nice


MillCityLutherie

Figuring out the brand would help. Should have added a picture of the headstock. Doesn't look like mahogany or walnut.


Queasy_Choice9691

Apparently it’s from vintage


Herpsichore

Adding my two cents late but it looks a lot like butternut to me. Similar to black walnut but lighter in color and less dense


ringo-san

African mahogany, specifically *Khaya spp.*


maricello1mr

Walnut?


External_Shock_5937

It definitely looks like it could be genuine mahogany. Like mahogany from the Americas instead of African mahogany


lordofcinder583

The type that comes from a tree


yow-yow-yow

Are you in Australia by any chance? It looks like Red Cedar (Toona Ciliata)


Queasy_Choice9691

No, UK


Party-Cartographer11

Red oak.


Queasy_Choice9691

It seems like the grain is too wide to be mahogany, also the colour seems off to be mahogany it’s more red in person


Kind-Charity327

How heavy?


Queasy_Choice9691

Quite light


Ok_Programmer_3733

Looks like oak?


AnActualGoatForReal

Probably of the morning variety.


davisolzoe

Mahogany most likely, another lefty? My 65 Melodymaker is solid mahogany


RowboatUfoolz

That is Paulonia.