Mmmmmmmm.....Mango.........

nnickusa · Post by **nnickusa** » Mon Jul 01, 2013 5:49 pm

One I'm working on at the moment.....Just a wash of shellac, but a nice bit of timber....

colburge · Post by **colburge** » Tue Jul 02, 2013 10:28 am

mmmmmmmm mango

Col

fransoos · Post by **fransoos** » Sat Jul 06, 2013 1:27 am

Indeed...................very nice Nick

nnickusa · Post by **nnickusa** » Sat Jul 06, 2013 6:21 pm

Thanks Frans.

Surely you are now home in Holland. I hope the rest of your visit was great. Again, it was a pleasure to meet you, and I look forward to seeing what you make from the blackwood....

colburge · Post by **colburge** » Sat Jul 06, 2013 6:50 pm

Hey Nick, is that wood locally sourced? I have seen a couple of instruments made with it but have never see it for sale - it really is nice.

Cheers

Col

nnickusa · Post by **nnickusa** » Sat Jul 06, 2013 7:07 pm

Hi COl,

I got this set from an ANZLF member clearing out some gear. Other than that, I've not seen it for sale....Possibly someone else may know. I have a mate who's a tree lopper that's keeping an eye out for a trunk for me....We'll see....

Seems that the US sellers have a larger range than anyone down here....I'm gonna move into a run of blackwood guitars soon, as I have lote of that....

colburge · Post by **colburge** » Sat Jul 06, 2013 7:35 pm

nnickusa wrote:Hi COl,

I got this set from an ANZLF member clearing out some gear. Other than that, I've not seen it for sale....Possibly someone else may know. I have a mate who's a tree lopper that's keeping an eye out for a trunk for me....We'll see....

Seems that the US sellers have a larger range than anyone down here....I'm gonna move into a run of blackwood guitars soon, as I have lote of that....

I didn't think that Mango trees would grow big enough to be able top produce bits wide enough for a back, but they obviously do. I'm not looking for any at the moment though, I'm after QLD maple for necks etc. I have my eye on a few bits of choice ebay furniture ready to be chopped up.

Col

nnickusa · Post by **nnickusa** » Sat Jul 06, 2013 9:04 pm

Col, the house we sold at Murwillumbah had a mango with a trunk about 1.2m in diameter, below the first branch. Little did I know then.......

colburge · Post by **colburge** » Sat Jul 06, 2013 10:10 pm

nnickusa wrote:Col, the house we sold at Murwillumbah had a mango with a trunk about 1.2m in diameter, below the first branch. Little did I know then.......

No shit, must have been old. I wonder if anyone has used a peach tree or an apple tree to make a guitar?

Col

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