Flamed Pine?

[trashman]

so i work in a warehouse, and today i stumbled upon wht appears to be a flamed pine pallet? is this possible, wood pallets are generally made from pine, yea? anyone seen this. ill try to get some pics up later. if this is not in the right forum, my apologies.

[verhoevenc]

I haven't seen it... but why not?

I'd build one heck of a pine-bodied singlecut out of it!

Chris

[trashman]

yeah, i figured id at least try to make a pine tele style body from it, if it doesnt work out, no harm no foul.

[DC Ross]

Pallets are made from whatever wood is plentiful. I've seen them made from oak, maple, and even purpleheart.

[verhoevenc]

Did it look like this?

Google search for curly pine... there's lots of pics.

Chris

PS: I realize that appears stained... I'm talkin' figure.

[ihocky2]

Pine is usually used for cheap lite pallets. Anything that take decent weight is usually poplar or maple. And like said, a lot of times they are whatever is cheap at the time. The company I work for is a steel fabricator so they destroy pine pallets around here in a day. Hardwoods are a must, but it is usually junk wood.

[trashman]

well got the curly peices out, heavy and dense, also a great tone from doing the ol' tone tap-bright and clear. i imagine its not pine, very straight, no knots or warps and very clean, minus a little saw chatter. im gonna hit em with a sander and some thinner see if the grain pops. and what about the nail holes? very few, and i prefer to call them "tone chambers" ha ha. well see what happens.

Edited April 7, 2010 by trashman

[verhoevenc]

Nail holes are character. I actually really dig them on instruments. It shows the guitar had a history before it was even a guitar. Myka did a GREAT flamed redwood topped Dragonfly that was flamed redwood from an old bar stool if I remember correctly. There's a hole right in the top But that man has class and plugged the hole with a braz rosewood dowel hahahaha.

Chris