Mahogany

[low end fuzz]

i found some mahogony the other day at a place i shop for wood; this guy dosent deal with mahogany but brought this in for someone who paid for it and dissapeared; it was so long ago he couldnt even tell me where he got it. written on the top of the one slab is T.A. Mahog; which could mean any kind of B.S. i know; but is anyone familliar with this?

tropical american maybe?

i got two slabs, one im keeping, cause its good enough for 2 les pauls @2" thick;

but the other one is 5"x3" and about 5 ft. i think; not much less if it is; its no good to cut up and put randomly in bodies and i refuse to use mahogany necks, its as straight grained as anything ive seen; i was gonna make a new guitar rack out of it cause that would be cool; but just as much id like to make money and this is prime neck wood for acoustics; i'll try to get some pics and post them in the for sale area

thanx

[Mattia]

....weirdo

Mahogany is my hands-down favourite wood for necks, be they electric or acoustic. Stable, plenty strong, easy to work, not too heavy, sounds great, what's not to love?

3" stock would make plenty of acoustic builders who make 1-piece necks plenty happy, if its quartered.

[low end fuzz]

oh its quartered; and old;

the one im keeping for bodies is dressed and has some figuring; i dont know if the other is going to be the same; but the end grain looks as straight as ive ever seen;

but i refuse to use mahog necks; this site isnt interested in philosophies, just what others have done >jab< j/k

and no matter how 'easy' something is to work with , its not worth the tiniest effort if your not happy with it

even the most wasteful person could get 4 one piecers out of it;

so no one could guess at why there is T.A. mahog written on it?

thanx

[Southpa]

Am I stupid today or has this forum format changed a little? more options

Anyway, maybe T.A. is the original buyers initials and "mahog" simply denotes the wood species in case anyone forgets or doesn't know.

[Mattia]

TA - maybe 'tropical american'? I still have no clue what you've got against mahogany necks, but hey, your loss, someone else's gain!

[westhemann]

mahogany is awesome for necks...really rounds out the bottom end tonewise

[Supernova9]

this site isnt interested in philosophies, just what others have done >jab< j/k

If someone can provide a well reasoned philosophy, I think this site is more than happy to listen. Some of your previous philosophies (particularly around grain orientation in necks) have been somewhat lacking in explanation, and just contradictory/unclear.

[Southpa]

OK, don't be surprised if Tom Arnold comes banging on your door demanding his chunk of mahogany.

[low end fuzz]

OK, don't be surprised if Tom Arnold comes banging on your door demanding his chunk of mahogany.

too good

[erikbojerik]

...or Tom Anderson.

[postal]

"true african"?????? maybe????? I've heard the terms "true mahog" and "african mahog" but not "true african"....... Although my local supplier calls Honduran mahog "true mahog".....

[Mattia]

There is no 'True African' mahogany; there are at least 4-5 distinct commercial species with Sipo, Sapele and Khaya as trade names. 'True American' makes more sense, because there is at least a genus for 'true' mahoganies (Swetinia), and practically just one commercial species these days (Macrophylla), with Cuban (Mahagonii) and Small Leaf (Microphylla) being very rare indeed.

[Setch]

I still think the buyers initials is by far the most likely explaination. I have a number of large slabs of mahogany in my wood pile similarly inscribed, and not my by me.