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Author:  Dave Fifield [ Fri Feb 05, 2010 3:49 am ]
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WOW!!!! That spalted curly maple is AWESOME Filippo! I love it!!!! [:Y:] [:Y:] [:Y:] [:Y:] [:Y:]
The crotch walnut isn't too shabby either - very nice stuff! Doncha just LOVE zoot?

Here's a couple of shots of the zoot I just started to turn into an OMC guitar (click on the pictures to see them full resolution).
I've had a large billet of beautiful cocobolo drying for a couple of years now, and recently decided to saw a few sets off to use. This is the first of them:

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The sides look narrow in this shot because they're at about a 45 degree angle to get it all to fit in the chair - they're about 5" wide in reality.
It's going to go very nicely with this perfectly quartersawn stripey sinker redwood top:

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Enjoy!

Great idea for a thread Filippo! 8-)

Cheers,
Dave F.
Author:  MaxBishop [ Fri Feb 05, 2010 7:58 am ]
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Here's a pic of the back of my new Aussie Blackwood guitar. It is in the process of being finished by Tony Ferguson.

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Author:  Ken Jones [ Fri Feb 05, 2010 8:25 am ]
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My offerings are my current builds -- a 000 with the second set I got from a nicely quartered board of cocobolo. A Dred with some figured sapele from the Zootman, and a Taylor GA-type cutaway with nicely figured koa from one of the forum's auctions. It's got more figure than shows up here.

Ken
Author:  Randolph [ Fri Feb 05, 2010 11:40 am ]
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The highway people took down a large California walnut tree right around the corner from my shop. I talked them into leaving it in my driveway.
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Author:  Mike Baker [ Fri Feb 05, 2010 12:01 pm ]
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i have no zoot, I just wanted to mention the no profanity rule. Filippo, stop using the S word! gaah :lol:
Author:  LRegnier [ Fri Feb 05, 2010 6:45 pm ]
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Hi Folks,

Here is set from a guitar I recently completed.

Cheers - Luc

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Author:  Mark Groza [ Fri Feb 05, 2010 7:53 pm ]
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Here's one of my mango sets.
Author:  blahblahwoofwoof [ Fri Feb 05, 2010 8:49 pm ]
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OK if I must. My wife always catches me late at night on the internet looking at what she call's "wood porn".
Author:  Dave Fifield [ Fri Feb 05, 2010 9:07 pm ]
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Hey Luc, is it just me, or do I see a Dr. Who "Ood" alien in that there guitar back? :shock:

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/ar ... r-Who.html

Cheers,
Dave F.
Author:  peterm [ Fri Feb 05, 2010 10:47 pm ]
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How about these ones?
Author:  peterm [ Fri Feb 05, 2010 11:13 pm ]
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Filippo Morelli wrote:
Gee, Peter ... I figured you'd show us that old Brazilian you have in the classifieds ... no one pounced on that yet?

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no, its still up for grabs! :D
Author:  Burton LeGeyt [ Sat Feb 06, 2010 6:24 pm ]
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Nice stuff everybody!

I have a favorite spalted board that I dug out not long ago. It is spalted Elm, perfectly quartered and about 7 1/2 wide and 50+ long. I had ideas a long time ago to use it for back and sides but I think I am over that now. I am saving it for something special someday. It could be killer binding I think if I can bend it cleanly. Anyway, here it is:

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Author:  truckjohn [ Sat Feb 06, 2010 9:57 pm ]
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How about some Anti-Zoot?

I found this as a pallet in a dumpster out behind a Cabinet shop...
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I sawed it up and jointed it into this size 5 back (6-pieces for a 12" back)
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I have a couple cutoff bits left -- they are going into fretboard and bridge and headstock...

Thanks

John
Author:  Christian Schmid [ Mon Feb 08, 2010 5:52 pm ]
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A few weeks ago I have purchased a set of Dalbergia Granadillo from Bob @ RCTonewoods. Love it...

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2 days from now I may be able to add another pic of some awesome zoot bliss
Christian
Author:  John Lewis [ Mon Feb 08, 2010 6:56 pm ]
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This is an OM back/rim of Brazilian rosewood. I got this from John Mayes a while back - he doesn't make OMs anymore and I can't remember why he didn't finish this guitar. One day this and an Italian bearclaw red fiemme spruce top will make my dream guitar. The picture doesn't do it justice - this is dark chocolate colored, old growth stuff.




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This is a back set of classical-sized Cocobolo - the sides look the same. It has beeswing figure towards the outside edges of the boards.
Author:  Edward Taylor [ Mon Feb 08, 2010 7:32 pm ]
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Forget grains per inch... curls per inch is the new thing. :D

Unfortunately the billet is only big enough to cut headplates out of. :(
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