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alan stassforth
PostPosted: Sat Nov 19, 2011 5:23 pm 
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Yeah filippo.
I bought 2 of that type of eir, (the junk),
roughed out a bridge,
and didn't feel good about it.
So, I went to Allied,
and found the good stuff.
I also got some nice eir bindings from him.
I think he's got a nice stash of it.
Real nice to actually go in there and look around.
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Herr Dalbergia wrote:
- it is widley known that Octopuss is selling Santos as BRW


Hm, I'm not very experienced and I can only compare it to EIR, but I bought headplatte and bridge blank from Octopuss and the smell was MUCH stronger and sweeter than EIR. Also, the tap tone was more "glassy gong" compared to "metallic" EIR - hard to describe in words. But maybe santos rosewood feels similar, I don't know.

Here's headplatte finished with light blonde shellac:
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John Arnold
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Santos rosewood has very small pores.

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it's Santos then - pores were rather small. But the intensive smell is confusing...
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See if you can get an Amazon Rosewood fingerboard from LMI. The smell and density are not quite the same as Nigra, but the looks are similar and really the only way you can distinguish them is with a chemical test (or DNA...).

Because the growth distribution in South America is similar, it is actually thought that a significant fraction of the old BRW kicking around (as lumber and on instruments) is actually Amazon rather than true Brazilian. Back in the day there was no reliable way to tell the difference.

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it's Santos then - pores were rather small. But the intensive smell is confusing...

Some of the darker Santos I have cut has a prominent, distinct odor. It is the type that I am most allergic to.
I have cut about 25 sets, and I have sold most of them.
I did use it for a few peghead veneers, simply because it is so easy to get a glass-smooth finish.
These days, about the only thing I use it for is blade guides for my resaw band saw.

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