Leopardwood

[xlr8]

Hi,

long time lurker just about to dive in at the deep end. Anyway I was nosing around my local exotic woods store when I came across this stuff. I believe it's a relative of lacewood. It looks great with a similar colour to mahogany. Does anybody have any experience with it, or could enlighten me further as to it's properties. I've done the usual googling but didn't get too much information.

Thanks

[www]

It is also known as Snakewood which is a more common name. So try googling Snakewood instead.

Here is one site.

Edit: More info

and more

[xlr8]

Thanks www

[tdog]

Leopardwood is not snakewood....They are 2 different species and Snakewood is much more expensive and is a much smaller species.....Leopardwood is also referred to as Brazilian Lacewood.....it is very hard and heavy and can splinter into very sharp shards.

Is this the stuff you are talking about to?

http://www.righteouswoods.net/leopardwood.html

[LGM Guitars]

I was gonna say, I have a gorgeous snakewood fretboard here, and a piece of leapord wood and they are nothing the same LOL. Leapord wood is cool, like lacewood I think it could look good in certain applications, but I don't really care for the look of it. Snakewood however, SCHAWING!!!!!!!

[www]

Sorry, but a couple of sites have them listed as the same genus. Therefore the same wood!

Look at page 7. Sorry, it's Adobe!

It is called (in several site sites) Brosimum Guianensis- Leopardwood/Snakewood common name Letterwood. Although Gilmer Wood calls Snakewood Piratinera Guianensis.

Look on my first post where I posted "edit". At the top of that site it spells it out.

I didn't make this stuff up, so don't take it out on me. I'm just telling it as I see it.

[javacody]

How is it tonally? Where can I get a fingerboard with this stuff?