is this Alder?

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Leonardo Silva
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is this Alder?

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ok, ok, wait a moment, I know I shouldn't ask to identify wood, but this is actually a washburn guitar body, Chicago Series with a quilted maple veneer, I need to know if this is basswood or Alder.

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I think it's alder, Basswood is way more creamy looking and plain and boring and awfull and IwanttothrowawaythisthingifisjustcheapbasswoodlikeIbanez.

either way, I don't know if this comes from Korea or China, they told me the Korean Chicago series is actually good, I'll make a build thread when I start on this :)
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David King
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Re: is this Alder?

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It's not not alder. I'd give it a 75% chance of being alder.
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Don Penniman
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Re: is this Alder?

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Looks like alder to me. Definitely not basswood. Doesn't look like meranti, agathis, or other mystery wood.
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Michael Lewis
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Re: is this Alder?

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Could be big leaf maple or alder. Or? The figure in the face cap looks like figure I have seen in big leaf, and the back is just much less figured.
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