What wood is this?

rgalpin · Post by **rgalpin** » Fri Feb 29, 2008 12:02 am

Any wood gurus out there that can tell me what this wood is by looking at it? Thanks! -Rob

Flames1950 · Post by **Flames1950** » Fri Feb 29, 2008 7:23 am

Either ash or oak from the look of the grain. Don't see much oak used for guitars though.

fillmore nyc · Post by **fillmore nyc** » Fri Feb 29, 2008 7:40 am

My guess is either swamp ash or northern hard ash. If it was northern hard ash, it would be noticeably heavy. Swamp is usually pretty light weight.
Oak is just about never used in guitar building, except for those really bad '80's Peaveys. I've never heard of any builders offer it as an option.
(Also, the side grain of oak, like whats in the control cavity, looks different than that... the side grain of oak isnt as tightly spaced, or evenly spaced as the grain in that pic)

Mr. Beasty · Post by **Mr. Beasty** » Fri Feb 29, 2008 10:56 am

Rob isn't that your old #1?

45auto · Post by **45auto** » Fri Feb 29, 2008 10:59 am

looks like plywood! hey, whatever sounds great!

Mr. Beasty · Post by **Mr. Beasty** » Fri Feb 29, 2008 11:33 am

45auto wrote:looks like plywood! hey, whatever sounds great!

My first guitar was plywood ... I still have the body and it isn't that bad. In fact it sustains better than some of my other "plain wood" panks.

miguel · Post by **miguel** » Fri Feb 29, 2008 11:46 am

Ash gets my vote.

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rgalpin · Post by **rgalpin** » Fri Feb 29, 2008 1:49 pm

fillmore nyc wrote:My guess is either swamp ash or northern hard ash. If it was northern hard ash, it would be noticeably heavy. Swamp is usually pretty light weight.
Oak is just about never used in guitar building, except for those really bad '80's Peaveys. I've never heard of any builders offer it as an option.
(Also, the side grain of oak, like whats in the control cavity, looks different than that... the side grain of oak isnt as tightly spaced, or evenly spaced as the grain in that pic)

it is noticeably heavy compared to my other strat style guitars. a friend gave me that body that he bought in the 80s it sat in his basement and then in my attic all these years and now it's my #1 yes, mister beasty!- i've been told that it was northern hard ash - but i've never confirmed it. doesn't make a difference to me as long as it sounds good - but it's nice to know what the hell yer talking about every once in a while so - i was just prepping for the opportunity.

fillmore nyc · Post by **fillmore nyc** » Fri Feb 29, 2008 6:13 pm

rgalpin wrote: it is noticeably heavy compared to my other strat style guitars. a friend gave me that body that he bought in the 80s it sat in his basement and then in my attic all these years and now it's my #1 yes, mister beasty!- i've been told that it was northern hard ash - but i've never confirmed it. doesn't make a difference to me as long as it sounds good - but it's nice to know what the hell yer talking about every once in a while so - i was just prepping for the opportunity.

Yeah, if its unusually heavy, its almost definitely northern hard ash. Like you said, who gives a shit what its made of, as long as it sounds good. That northern ash tends to sustain and bite like a mutha, and there's nothing wrong with that!!

darkbluemurder · Post by **darkbluemurder** » Sat Mar 01, 2008 12:33 pm

From the grain it's ash.

ant · Post by **ant** » Sun Mar 02, 2008 1:51 am

agree^^

Tone Slinger · Post by **Tone Slinger** » Sun Mar 02, 2008 1:35 pm

Its ash. And as to the hard or soft variety (weight isnt alway's 100% indicative),take your thumb nail, and see how hard it is to make an indention. My medium weighted ash strat is real hard.

bbake1 · Post by **bbake1** » Tue Mar 04, 2008 6:48 pm