Thu Apr 30, 2020 6:15 pm
Sat May 02, 2020 8:42 pm
drjho7 wrote:This gtr was completed in October 2017. The build sheet says Rosewood, but this looks different to me than most rosewoods ive seen. I thought maybe Chechen, but I’m used to seeing lighter colors with that based on some of Craig’s examples from g&l. What do you think, ? Caribbean rosewood = Chechen, or other?
here's a closeup of the 2017 asat special board
here is another, same board
and here is a closeup of a rosewood board from a 2015 asat classic
maybe if you've seen a rosewood board, you've seen one rosewood board! here is the board from my 1989 asat: ? brazilian rosewood.
i understand rosewood is named for its fragrance, and not for its color.
Sun May 03, 2020 1:29 am
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Sun May 03, 2020 3:49 pm
drjho7 wrote:Thx for the info, neutralomen and Craig.
Some wood sites i was looking at say that chechen ("carribean rosewood") isn't really a rosewood.
I believe G&L is mostly using chechen as of 2018 based on the scarcity of rosewood these days.
i thought this one was interesting in the examples of Eastern Indian rosewood, with a streak of pink/red in it...