Black limba acoustic

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Andy Bounsall
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Black limba acoustic

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I haven’t posted a completed build for quite a while so I thought I’d post a few pics of this, one of two recently completed guitars. This one is a grand auditorium sized body in black limba with a lutz spruce top. Neck is also black limba. Fretboard is ziricote bound in ebony. Bridge is also ziricote and yes, that grain pattern is naturally occurring. Scale is 25 1/4”. I’m also experimenting with shooting guitar photos against a newly acquired seamless background. Pretty pleased with the results so far. Enjoy!
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A few more pics...
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That looks great! Nice work. Makes me want to get some limba.
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Bryan Bear wrote: Thu Jul 08, 2021 9:34 am That looks great! Nice work. Makes me want to get some limba.
Thanks Bryan.
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Beautiful! Nice to see a finished guitar here again. Thanks!
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Gorgeous guitar Andy. How well does the Limba bend?
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I didn’t know of limba before this post. A good introduction, thanks.

Also my autocorrect doesn’t seem to know “Kim bad” either.
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Thank you for the kind words.
My impression of black limba is that it’s quite similar to mahogany in terms of weight and workability. A bit easier to bend perhaps as it didn’t seem to have the same tendency to compress on the inside of a tighter curve
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Lovely
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Here’s a video of Don Bray making my guitar sound good. Enjoy! https://youtu.be/e8rQ4rGbQR8
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