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Frank Cousins
 Post subject: Katalox
PostPosted: Thu Nov 27, 2008 5:10 am 
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Anyone used this for back and sides... have seen some nice flamed with sapwood sets available in Europe so was wondering what this is like tonally - know it will be difficult to work given its density, but looks quite spectatcular.
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Mike Collins
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Frank I've never used it for B & Sides ,but for fingerboards & bindings.
It's heavy ,dense wood.
Works great and looks fantastic under a finish.

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Howard Klepper
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I like it a lot, but haven't used it for guitars. Same genus as pau rosa.

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Laurent Brondel
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I have FB and bridge blanks resawed from oversized turning blocks, they have a really nice ring. Like pau-rosa it's a dense, heavy wood.

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