edslides Posted August 16, 2006 Report Share Posted August 16, 2006 ive looked all over the net for a decent explanation. the only fairly acceptable answer i found was "lumberyard mahogany" the answer i was lookin for is "does it make a decent acoustic guitar?"does anyone know anything about the structural integrity, ie. is ita bad choice for building an acoustic body? i found what could be a good deal on some slabs, big enough to build a slab body electric or have it cut for sides/backs for a box. help! thanx...........................................................................barefoot ed Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SwedishLuthier Posted August 16, 2006 Report Share Posted August 16, 2006 From guitarnotes.com: Nato Mahogany tonewood is a lower specie and cheaper to obtain Asian Mahogany Takamine and Brian Moore along others use it extensively. Also used by Fender. I’ve seen it used for acoustic guitar tops, backs sides and neck. I guess it would be very good for electric bodies and necks and perfectly all right for acoustics. The only thing that might cause you trouble is bending the sides. Don’t know anything about how nato bends… Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daniel Sorbera Posted August 19, 2006 Report Share Posted August 19, 2006 I have a takamine acoutsic that has a nato neck and back/sides. It looks like mahogany and it sounds great. Not sure how it is to work though... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lovekraft Posted August 20, 2006 Report Share Posted August 20, 2006 OK, I looked this stuff up a year or so ago - here's more than you ever wanted to know about nato: Nato/Nyatoh is Palaquium luzoniense, although in commerce other species and the closely-related Diploknema and Payena species may also be identified as Nato. Also known as gutta-percha, the Palaquium species were used to make an early latex rubber, the insulation for the original trans-Atlantic telegraph cables and the bounce in the first really good golf balls. The wood has been used for furniture and boat-building in SE Asia and Australia. It is not related to the true mahoganies (Swietenia)or African mahogany (Khaya). Wood properties ( from Windsor Plywood) Sorry you asked? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jon Posted August 20, 2006 Report Share Posted August 20, 2006 OK, I looked this stuff up a year or so ago - here's more than you ever wanted to know about nato: Nato/Nyatoh is Palaquium luzoniense, although in commerce other species and the closely-related Diploknema and Payena species may also be identified as Nato. Also known as gutta-percha, the Palaquium species were used to make an early latex rubber, the insulation for the original trans-Atlantic telegraph cables and the bounce in the first really good golf balls. The wood has been used for furniture and boat-building in SE Asia and Australia. It is not related to the true mahoganies (Swietenia)or African mahogany (Khaya). Wood properties ( from Windsor Plywood) Sorry you asked? Wonder why it's called a Mahogany if it's not even related to them? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SwedishLuthier Posted August 20, 2006 Report Share Posted August 20, 2006 Wonder why it's called a Mahogany if it's not even related to them? Marketing. So it is a rubber tree then? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GuitarGuy Posted August 20, 2006 Report Share Posted August 20, 2006 So it is a rubber tree then? So the neck would be a rubberneck......sorry, it was there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
edslides Posted August 22, 2006 Author Report Share Posted August 22, 2006 So it is a rubber tree then? So the neck would be a rubberneck......sorry, it was there. just went to guitar center and played a guitar made entirely of nato. surprise, surprise. it has avery LOUD tone, heavy on the mid range. gonna give it a shot on the build. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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