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262581 Ed Minch <ruby1638@a...> 2017‑06‑26 Re: Sap wood
Frank

Thanks for that.  I got this wood from a friend in WVA who was closing a 30 year
old shop where he used local woods to make “appalachian” sort of stuff.  The
wood was at least 10 years on the rack and $2 a bf, so I did my best select
around the sap, but the pretty-dark top has a couple of thin strips of sap along
the glue line beween the 2 pieces.

I will use the analine dies that I am used to and not make the sap as dark as
the rest of the top.  And I don’t care for sap in almost any situation if it is
contrasting with the heart.

In guitar making, there are those that love the sap.  Brazilian Rosewood is
getting hard enough to find that you can pay hundreds and even thousands for
something like this:

https://www.flickr.com/photos/ruby1638/35548320365/in/dateposted-public/


Ed Minch

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