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I have a chance to buy an old piece of mahogany that is a bit over 1" thick and 9+" wide and 120+" long (3 meters long) for around 100-140 USD . it is Flatsawn !. Real dark so I guess its old to.
I can Also get a piece of maple 2" thick 9+" times 120" long. for around the same price, and same goes for some real dark sapele ! and sebrawood

as this is not quartersawn and has not been in a humidity controlled place, allthough they´ve been stackt good and were looking really straight. is is a good buy ?.

Its an old carpentry company whom my dad knows the owner of that has this wood.

Lars.

Lars,

The hog will be perfect for stacked heel scarf joint necks and many other things. Wish I could get hold of a board that size for that sort of money.

Cheers

Kim

Old Mahogany is the stuff of dreams, flat, quartered, rift, whatever.
Maple, not so much, just me.

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I use flat sawn mahogany 1" thick or sometimes 5/4. Cut two pieces, stand them up, laminate something down the middle, then you have a perfect quarter-sawn laminated neck.

+1 Perfectly flatsawn wood is almost as good of a find as quartersawn... go for it.

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thanks alot guys ! Great news then !! will go ahead and get me some great wood !!. will send sopme photos of it at its mine and in the shop .
Barry, great advice Will do just that. is there anything special I should look for, avoid, as I go through the pile !! ?? .

Again thanks for all the good advice and support.

Lars

Lars, about the hawg - at 100 bucks US, its the same price as what I pay now .. at 140, its expensive.

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Tony Karol
www.karol-guitars.com
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I guess I'm just so so lucky to have a friend that made snooker tables for a living and had it resawn he recently gave me a flat sawn board 3/4" thick 6" wide 8' long I cleaned it up doubled it over and will get 2 necks with a stacked heel from it gave me some oak 80 thou thick 6" wide 3' long he uses it for bridge plates.

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Lars is in Sweden though, and if it is anything like here, which is suspect it is, mahogany is getting hard to come by at any price. I have a pretty good stash that I built up over time, and it all came from a local supplier who had a big pile of the good old stuff until a few years ago, alas its all gone now. I don't know of anyone who sells it in this region any more, and that is bound to have an effect on the prices of what is offered, even if the demand isn't that great. It is hard to say what is a good price under these circumstances, but I didn't pay nearly that much for any of my stock. I have a feeling my supplier's price list was as old as his wood pile, though...

At any rate, I also like to use flatsawn lumber in my laminated two piece necks, ideally with opposing grain directions to equal out any wood movement, like so )))((( or so ((())). With a one 1" board you'd have to put something between the outer two pieces, as has been said.

I wouldn't buy the maple for that price unless it has some nice figure. Hint: Your local birch is most likely much easier to find than maple, and it can be equally beautiful IMO, at a fraction of the cost.

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Rian Gitar og Mandolin

Good thoughts Thanks, I was just on my wa yto go get it, then I will not buy all I had in mind at first. I was comparing the price to what you get if you buy a back and side set ! this was I can get lots of B/S for way less money , and as Arnt mentioned, if I get wood from the USA it will cost me LOTS more as shipping and taxes comes to play. So thanks Arnt for letting me know how prices are here.
PS- I would love to come by for a coffee to see your shop some day my friend.

Lars.

Please do let me know if you are ever in this area, you are most welcome for a visit buddy.

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Rian Gitar og Mandolin

Lars, arnt .. never thought of that (availability in your area) .. its still somewhat abundant here, but I guess location can change things a fair bit ... nothing like having a bit of stock around.

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Tony Karol
www.karol-guitars.com
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Tony, even around here prices are hiking up! I recently bought 1,000 bd ft of 16/4 Honduras and I want to but another 1,000 bd ft or so and the price, wholesale, has jumped about 30% in just a few months. At least from my supplier!

Shane

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