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longhorncat

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« on: March 03, 2009, 09:07:03 AM »
I found a sweet playing Elan, but the dark top wood is a mystery to me.
It's colored like Cocobolo, but the grain is too straight & choppy.
 
 
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adriaan

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« Reply #1 on: March 03, 2009, 09:28:23 AM »
Straight-grained coco bolo can be seen on the Coco Bolo Fantasy Featured Custom.

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« Reply #2 on: March 03, 2009, 11:16:00 AM »
I took a few pics
 

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« Reply #3 on: March 03, 2009, 11:17:56 AM »
And these:  

   


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« Reply #4 on: March 03, 2009, 12:03:43 PM »
The coloring looks like Coco Bolo to me too.  Another possibility might be Bubinga.

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« Reply #5 on: March 03, 2009, 12:11:12 PM »
Could it be Vermilion?
 
I don't think it's Bubinga.
It doesn't have the signature splotchiness like my old Vector Persuader:
 

 
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« Reply #6 on: March 04, 2009, 02:10:11 PM »
Looks like Vermillion/Padauk to me

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« Reply #7 on: March 05, 2009, 03:35:21 PM »
Bubinga - no question.

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« Reply #8 on: March 05, 2009, 05:55:12 PM »
Curiosity made me pull this file ahead of others that have been waiting much longer (sorry! I am working on requests almost every day now).
 
It is settled.
 
top: Vermilion
accent: none
body: Maple
neck: 3-piece Maple
scale: long - 34
fingerboard: Ebony, classic taper
inlays: Pearloid (plastic)
birthday: not recorded, likely late August 1989
originally made for: Arnold Williams Music
 
And now you know.

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« Reply #9 on: March 05, 2009, 06:54:54 PM »
Yeah!
Thank you very much Mica.