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Title: Lace Wood
Post by: xeroid on October 24, 2010, 05:38:12 PM

Here are some shots of my P - 09 Custom

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Post by: ronmac on October 24, 2010, 05:55:26 PM

I love the chiseled look of Australian Lacewood. :nice guitar:

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Post by: xeroid on October 24, 2010, 06:08:08 PM

South America is where Jean scooped up this lace wood ... not Australia :bgrin:

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Post by: ronmac on October 24, 2010, 06:13:55 PM

Sorry, my mistake. It looks so similar to the Australian variety, as shown below on my bass.

(http://ronmacnutt.com/Instruments/Lado604/images/lado604lacewoodhorn.jpg)

(http://ronmacnutt.com/Instruments/Lado604/images/lado604body.jpg)

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Post by: JOYCEfromNS on October 24, 2010, 07:09:38 PM

And a Lacewood RS 4 that is Killer!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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Post by: Cybercanyon on October 25, 2010, 06:16:49 AM

Another RS4 in Lacewood.

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Post by: Sandro on October 25, 2010, 06:40:57 AM

Wow ! :nice guitar: all of them !!!
How does lacewood sound, compared to hog and rosewood ?

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Post by: xeroid on October 25, 2010, 07:04:44 AM

Quote from: Braxton on October 25, 2010, 06:40:57 AM
Wow ! :nice guitar: all of them !!!
How does lacewood sound, compared to hog and rosewood ?

What John Greven has to say about lacewood on his website:

"One of the woods I really like for both looks and sound is Lacewood or Silky Oak. It is a unique tonewood in that it is super stiff, yet very light like mahogany. What makes it so outstanding is the tonal envelope it creates, regardless of body size and top material. The sound is big, quick, articulate, woody and has a pre-war sounding punch I have never heard in any other wood, new out of the box.

Every guitar I have made with this wood (including my own FX) sounds like it has been played in for 50 years, even three days after first stringing it up.

Aussie Lacewood is more Mahogany, South American lacewood is more like rosewood ..... Larrivee's Lacewood comes from South America.

Great for flat-picking it also works well with a light setup and finger style."

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Post by: ronmac on October 25, 2010, 07:36:53 AM

Thanks for the info!

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Post by: Sandro on October 25, 2010, 08:26:55 AM

Thanks xeroid ! :thumbsup

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Post by: Digdog on October 25, 2010, 11:34:56 AM

Those are some stunning guitars,both the acoustic and electric's, with that pearly grained Lacewood. They have .to my eye, a similar look to some of the SCGC acoustic's i've seen over the past couple of years made from some of the sycamore trees here on the central coast of CA.

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Post by: mas music on October 25, 2010, 08:06:47 PM

WOW,Lacewood is stunning. It's pattern is not unlike snake skin. I want one!

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Post by: pennerblue on October 26, 2010, 01:28:33 AM

Kinda looks like mahogany colored silver oak...haven't tried one yet to compare the tone however.
Has anyone else done so?

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