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A.Hix
PostPosted: Wed Feb 27, 2013 5:15 pm 
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mqbernardo wrote:
Herr Dalbergia wrote:
do you need classic or steelstring size? how many sets are you looking for?
me? if it´s me, classical size - just one set. frugal days...

I have a few classical sized sets, $100 each. Nicely quartersawn. Let me know if you want one.

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Chris Pile wrote:
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We have Osage Orange (Bo-Dark) trees all over Texas.
My local sawmill cuts and stocks it.
May I ask what makes Osage Orange desirable for guitars?
Just curious-


You meant Bois D'Arc, perhaps?

Osage Orange is hard and beautiful. Oxidizes quickly, but is a lovely golden orange when cut. Makes excellent fingerboards as I understand. Available as lumber in the Great Plains where it is plentiful.

Also - burns HOT. Ask any farmer who cleared his fence rows of it, and used it in the oven or home heater.

Thanks Chris,
Yep, we call 'em Bo-Dark in Texas. I'll get a hunk from my sawyer and see if I can use it in a solid build. I'm working on two guitars using only local trees.
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This morning i took a stroll across the road with my tape measure and took a measurement of the tree that I believe is the culprit. Hard to be sure without leave on it. Its right at the 24" diameter mark at chest height. The trunk is pretty straight from the ground to about 8-10' high where the branches start. thats just an estimate. Any how there is a telephone pole going up right through the branches and some phone lines too. Could make it a difficult cut, I dunno cuz I dont cut down trees. This may change your mind about it. If not Ill have to do more research before giving the green light. The tree is right at the property line so Id have to see If its ours or the church's. Anyhow heres a pic so you can see what I mean about the phone lines. The hedgeapple tree is on the right.

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Zeke, look into it... I might be willing to try it out. The tree on the left looks like a hackberry. A 24" diameter tree would yield sets pretty well, so if it is do-able, lets go for it!

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Zeke,
Are you sure that thats phone lines and not power lines. The son of a power company employee, I grew up with at least one story a year of someone frying themselves ....always involved trimming or cutting down a tree near a power line. Be careful.
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Haha I'm pretty sure they are phone lines. It's a short pole and I've looked at the lines I'm 99% sure they are phone lines but I'll check for sure before getting too close. I still have to verify the property line, though I should just chop her down anyway. I mean last week we caught the church dumping drywall and other trash down the hill behind our maintenance shop. Great neighbors these folks.
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