MetalMan Posted April 11, 2011 Report Share Posted April 11, 2011 Hello, I have a 1983 NJ Mockingbird that has been sitting in the closet forever because it has some MAJOR body damage around the controls area. I did not find this out until i stripped the primer off it after i got it. So it sat. Won a bridge on ebay the other night for it so i figure it is time to bring it back to life. Catalog scan from 1983 says it is supposed to be Maple, but i don't think it looks like maple. Far from being any kind of woodworking expert, what do i know. After scanning google images it looks more like Alder. Or even maybe some type of Mahogany? I cut the offending corner of the guitar off with the plan of gluing up a chunk of wood to it to rebuild that part of the guitar. I want to use the same type of wood and have the grain run the same to hopefully keep expansion/contraction problems to a minimum. I figure that is the way to do it. I hope someone can tell me from the picture what type of wood it is. Thanks for your time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SwedishLuthier Posted April 11, 2011 Report Share Posted April 11, 2011 I hope someone can tell me from the picture what type of wood it is. Mostly Bondo Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
orgmorg Posted April 11, 2011 Report Share Posted April 11, 2011 Mostly Bondo but the rest definitely looks like maple Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
westhemann Posted April 11, 2011 Report Share Posted April 11, 2011 Maple Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Quarter Posted April 14, 2011 Report Share Posted April 14, 2011 Sure does not look like any kind of maple to me. Maple does not have a strait open pore grain like that. My best guess would be something in one of the many so called mahogany, but not really mahogany familys like Philippine "mahogany" / luan. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
westhemann Posted April 14, 2011 Report Share Posted April 14, 2011 Still looks like maple to me.I see no open grain..all I see is some tearing across the face of one piece that might be confused for open grain and a bunch of bondo. Maple does have straight grain when oriented that way.I have quite a few flatsawn boards in my closet that have that exact grain on the "quartersawn" edge...though none so beat up as that. And in 1983 NJ series BC Riches were just lousy with crappy pieces of maple. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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