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Yes I know it hard to do from Photos
Posted: Fri Jun 12, 2015 12:22 am
by Kerry Werry
But I have to ask I came upon this the other day several back no sides, heavy, rings like a bell.. Anybody have any ideas or guesses just to point me in the right direction..
Thanks
Kerry
Re: Yes I know it hard to do from Photos
Posted: Fri Jun 12, 2015 7:19 am
by Larry Davis
It appears to be wood.
Re: Yes I know it hard to do from Photos
Posted: Fri Jun 12, 2015 8:55 am
by Ryan Mazzocco
Larry Davis wrote:It appears to be wood.
Yes, I think you are right. I was going to say that, but I didn't want to be wrong.
Re: Yes I know it hard to do from Photos
Posted: Fri Jun 12, 2015 10:18 am
by Bryan Bear
Funny, I was going to say it was wood but decided not to. Now that an expert like Larry has confirmed, I feel pretty smart.
Re: Yes I know it hard to do from Photos
Posted: Fri Jun 12, 2015 10:45 am
by Eric Baack
how porous is it? Is it oily?
Re: Yes I know it hard to do from Photos
Posted: Fri Jun 12, 2015 11:58 am
by Waddy Thomson
And, what does it smell like when sanded a bit?
Re: Yes I know it hard to do from Photos
Posted: Fri Jun 12, 2015 12:15 pm
by Mario Proulx
Looks like East Indian RW to me. Matching sides should be easy to find.
Re: Yes I know it hard to do from Photos
Posted: Fri Jun 12, 2015 6:10 pm
by Randy Roberts
can't rule out Brazilian, but three scrapes and a sniff will
Re: Yes I know it hard to do from Photos
Posted: Fri Jun 12, 2015 7:13 pm
by Larry Davis
Re: Yes I know it hard to do from Photos
Posted: Sun Jun 14, 2015 6:04 pm
by Kerry Werry
Ha everybody's a comedian and so few of us are actually good at it
Yep it's wood and i don't think it is Brazilian but my nose is out of commission right now but I assume even stuffed up i could tell.. It doe snot appear that oily to me..
Having said that I was thinking Cocobolo, I've never seen IRW quite like this but then I have not been at this very long/\...
Would love to find matching sides..
Kerry
Re: Yes I know it hard to do from Photos
Posted: Mon Jun 15, 2015 1:07 am
by Michael Lewis
Indian rosewood has an earthy scent, Brazilian is less earthy and sweeter, and cocobolo is sweet and very spicy scent. If it just "smells like wood" it won't be a dalbergia rosewood.
Re: Yes I know it hard to do from Photos
Posted: Mon Jun 15, 2015 11:54 am
by Larry Davis
Kerry, thanks for being a good sport with this.
Thing about (single) photo ID of wood is variety of colors, grain, etc., within any specific species. For instance, your photo shows a cut near a crotch and crotch wood can have luster, grain and color quite different than cuts in a straight bole. Mario has a close guess given those factors per se.
Re: Yes I know it hard to do from Photos
Posted: Sun Jun 21, 2015 10:06 pm
by David King
It could be kingwood amongst others.
Re: Yes I know it hard to do from Photos
Posted: Mon Jun 22, 2015 5:21 pm
by Kerry Werry
Yeah I knew it was a long shot to try and figure out what this is, perhaps I can find a local expert who can actually touch the wood and have a chance of figuring it out..
Without sides I'm feeling a bit lost as to what to do with it.. I sort of hate to turn it into a Uke (apologies to Uke builders) I guess and option is to find sides that at least look like a match and market it as a "guess the wood guitar" LOL..
It does kind of look like kingwood.. or about 5 other rosewoods my nose is almost back to normal so I will give it the sniff test.. I seem to recall some other sort of test that used sawdust in water viewed in black light.. sounds very hippie..
Kerry
