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Guess the wood?

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KalimnaKalimna Frets: 1540
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Greetings folks,
I'm shortly to be reunited with this guitar, and got sent a photo that shows off the fretboard rather nicely.
A proper NGD will follow, but for now, can anyone guess the wood? I'll give you a hint - it's not maple :)

https://imgur.com/a/Wswea9P

Adam
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  • HaychHaych Frets: 5627
    edited November 2019
    Yep, definitely tree wood that.

    Edit:  I didn't want to guess properly as I'd most likely get it wrong.

    There is no 'H' in Aych, you know that don't you? ~ Wife

    Turns out there is an H in Haych! ~ Sporky

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  • KalimnaKalimna Frets: 1540
    Tree *tone*wood i think you'll find ;)
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  • HaychHaych Frets: 5627
    Kalimna said:
    Tree *tone*wood i think you'll find ;)
    Haha, I've yet to see a tone tree lol

    There is no 'H' in Aych, you know that don't you? ~ Wife

    Turns out there is an H in Haych! ~ Sporky

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  • KittyfriskKittyfrisk Frets: 18725
    Haych said:
    Kalimna said:
    Tree *tone*wood i think you'll find ;)
    Haha, I've yet to see a tone tree lol
    It's a branch of the money tree  ;)
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  • brooombrooom Frets: 1173
    edited November 2019
    I supposed we're talking about the fretboard? I'm going to play... pau ferro?
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  • FunkfingersFunkfingers Frets: 14422
    To me, that fingerboard shows tell-tale signs of Plane. ;)
    You say, atom bomb. I say, tin of corned beef.
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  • impmannimpmann Frets: 12664
    Laurel
    Never Ever Bloody Anything Ever.

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  • gordijigordiji Frets: 783
    Walnut. Juglans regia/nigra ?
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  • idiotwindowidiotwindow Frets: 1399
    Richlite?
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  • KalimnaKalimna Frets: 1540
    Broom is closest so far....... Not a tree found in Europe....
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  • KalimnaKalimna Frets: 1540
    Idiotwindow - comment treated with the contempt it deserves :)
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  • KalimnaKalimna Frets: 1540
    No. Not richlite.....
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  • idiotwindowidiotwindow Frets: 1399
    edited November 2019
    Eucalyptus?
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  • KalimnaKalimna Frets: 1540
    Nope, not a eucalypt...... Good guess though.
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  • idiotwindowidiotwindow Frets: 1399
    Brazilian rosewood or another Dalbergia species?
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  • ourmaninthenorthourmaninthenorth Frets: 3418
    American Black Cherry? 
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  • guitargeek62guitargeek62 Frets: 4132
    edited November 2019
    My first thought was Kingwood, but it looks a bit too porous perhaps?

    *edit* I also can't think of an LP I've seen before that uses it.
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  • brooombrooom Frets: 1173
    edited November 2019
    Jacaranda? Other than pau ferro, this would me my only other guess, by looking at the grain pattern.
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  • KalimnaKalimna Frets: 1540
    Kingwood? Another good guess - also just because it looks like an LP doesnt mean it has Gibson on the headstock........

    Jacaranda - nope (unless it is another name for this timber)

    Braz Rosewood - idiotwindow closest yet. But not brazillian. Definitely a dalbergia.
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  • guitargeek62guitargeek62 Frets: 4132
    Kalimna said:
    Kingwood? Another good guess - also just because it looks like an LP doesnt mean it has Gibson on the headstock........

    Definitely a dalbergia.
    Thought as much - no nibs!

    Madagascan rosewood then, my PRS Paul's Guitar was similarly grained and porous, but had slightly more orange in it (not as much as cocobolo though).
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