A piece of wood

[dnic]

Ok you made me do it. Seems like nothin going on so I'll post this about a piece of wood a guy gave me.

He's from church and knows that I build my guitars. So he brought this board in to where I work. He says it's blood mahogany. Looks pretty much like African mag but it's heavy. Anybody hear of this before. I looked it up couldn't find any reference to blood mag.

So it's not quite wide enough unless I go thru-neck and not quite thick enough with out a cap. I think I might use it on top with something for the main body but not sure yet. It will need chambers for weight relief. Has a good tap tone so let's see what happens.

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A long time ago, someone was telling me about the mag, He was going to give it me... But it never paned out. That was the only time I heard of it, until now. It seems this person told me it was old Mahogany that was grown here in the USA. I really don't know. Just going off what someone else told me.
EB

[latestrummer]

How about back and sides for an acoustic?

[dnic]

It would make a three piece back but it's not long enough for sides. I had givin that some thought. I would like to keep it on the front although it's pretty normal looking as mahogany goes. It prolly is destined to be a back.

[latestrummer]

The African Mahogany I used for the acoustic I'm finishing was quite heavy and very red, it might be what you have.
Could you use it for necks?

[dnic]

Well this very heavy and red, could the same thing. And yes it would work well for necks I'll have to check the length.

[hoz]

Sounds like you have a new project coming up. When anybody mentions Blood anything I think of that purpley looking blood wood. I got a strip of it.

[dnic]

I've used blood wood on a few fretboards. Very hard but to me not as brittle as Purple Heart and at all purple in color. Prolly all kinds of variants though.