I've just received the wood i intended to use to fix the cracks on my parlor guitar:
http://projectguitar.ibforums.com/index.ph...=43373&st=0
For those that are interest in the detail, the rest can scroll down.
It got 2 (roughly) 10 - 11cm long cracks in a mahogany back, pretty bad stuff from all i know.
I intended to rout those and inlay sticks of new wood in there.
So i've ordered a 12cm turning blank for a knife.
Problem:
They all looked a lot lighter in the picture and where all straight grained in the picture,
it said "mahogany" but it was just a "stand in" for all kinds.
What i got now is khaya - aka african mahogany, which got a dark creamy coffee color,
but the grain goes like a shallow "/" across the short side of the piece.
It looks very nice it obviously is nice wood, but it will be visible, is there a way to bleach that a bit? I can deal with that
if i can't, but it's a issue, i put a TON of work into making it look good.
The main bit:
Can i actually use that or will it mess up my guitar?
It's mahogany alright, but the wrong kind, and the grain goes in the wrong direction.
Anything i have to take care off or watch? Any advice?
*bangs head against wall*
Should i post pictures?