Chessnut

[dlaxer6]

I have some old chessnut boards that we found renovating our old 1743 house, i was wondering if anyones had any expirience with it as a tone wood.. whats it like.. i dont really know how to tell. I figured since its been resting on rafters since well.. the 1740's with no use at all, itd be nice and aged, if that even matters.

[darren wilson]

I assume you're talking about chestnut?

I've never heard of it being used in musical instrument manufacture, and chances are, there's a good reason for it. (Just as there's a reason you don't see too many oak or pine guitars.)

[iskim86]

maybe he's talking about chesswood, as seen in many BC Rich guitars.

[Dugz Ink]

American Chestnut was a very popular wood... until "the blight" hit the US.

The trees were very straight and wide, and they were very abundant, making them excellent for lumber. It was a relatively dense wood, and so it was fairly heavy.

Since I'm just wrapping up my first project guitar, I don't have any experience with Chestnut as a tone wood, but I have worked with a piece that I salvaged from an 200 year old barn timber. (The barn was collapsing and most of the wood was trash.)

The piece I have was easier to work than Oak, but harder than Ash.

D~s

[dlaxer6]

yeah chestnut*

i know it was a popular wood haha my room has 4"x6" chestnut rafters going across it, but ive never seen a guitar made of it, but it could be just because its not widely avalible and isnt that amazing

but if its dense doesnt that mean it will be a good tone wood? or is that not important

[MzI]

its rather rare, the american version anyways and is quite expensive if you can find, thats probably the reason its not used much

MzI