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Just had to share a few photos of one more guitar whose back & sides of wood that were destined for the trash at yacht place where I had worked. I gleaned a small board of Australia Lacewood that yielded enough for this Grand Parlor. The Cambodian Rosewood binding was also salvage material, 1/4" thick veneer taken from the top of a discarded coffee table.

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michael propsom
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Amazing!

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Nice!

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Catgut is an abbreviation of the word cattle gut. Gut strings are made from sheep or goat intestines, in the past even from horse, mule or donkey intestines.

Otherwise it could be from the word kitgut or kitstring. Kit meant fiddle, not kitten.

Looks great! Well done.
I love the look of lacewood, too.

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That's fantastic.

I was just sorting through my stash and forgot that I have a set of Lacewood. IT's beautiful stuff and looks great with rosewood bindings. I used cocobolo on the lacewood guitar I built and it looks a lot like that.

A true dumpster divers treasure . Great recycling , in a creative way, KUdos

Holy smokes, Mike! Is that some of the same stuff you sent me?

Pat

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Wow! What an incredible recycling project!

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Hey Pat! Actually, I sent you a set of leopard wood. The grain is pretty similar, but the leopard is harder, heavier and a bit redder. I'm currently building a Grand Parlor with leopard back & sides, with an accent back wedge of some leftover lacewood. Pairing it with one of the Port Orford tops I bought from Vince at Pacific Coast Woods at the last Marylhurst show.

And thanks everybody for the great comments. It's always a treat to find a treasure in someone else's trash.

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michael propsom
www.propsomguitars.com

Nice I wish I had a place nearby like this that threw out nice wood.

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Nice save Mike!
How was the lacewood for bending and sanding?
Phil

Hi, Phil. The Lacewood presented no problems in bending. However, I found that this wood (at least this particular piece) was very lightweight and soft. Dented much more readily than say honduran mahogany. Regarding the bending: I've been mainly doing laminated sides, so the lacewood was thinned down to about .07 or .075 (don't recall exactly). But, I did some test 'flexes' on the sides during the thinning process, and it felt very supple.

And for sanding. It's a very non-resinous wood, so no paper loading.

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michael propsom
www.propsomguitars.com

Love the semi-square heel. Very nice detail on a great looking guitar.

Andy

Great job ..looks fantastic and recycled wood what a save

That's not just nice. It's not just fantastic. It's so nice, I can't think of a proper superlative to describe it! It's beyond amazing to me!

However, I'll tell you that when I saw your title, I expected to see a total failure of a guitar--one which you had abandoned and thrown in the dumpster without so much as the dignity of a Viking funeral (barbecue fire and all that....you know....)