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Lovely work Paul!
The entire photo collection is very nice but those fretboard inlays struck a real chord with me.....possibly the most appealing I have ever seen. I would love to see the full...

I'll try to upload this shot again where I see the green stains. Hopefully it will work.
The resolution of this shot is not as good as the original.

Did a google on "BC Rich" and "poplar" and there were quite a few hits, so they have and do use poplar. Alder sells a lot of more guitars and looks and weighs the same as poplar with a coat of solid...

I'll third the poplar vote. It looks like it has that poplar greenish stain/tinge.
A great sounding timber IMO.

I have the old style wooden mitre box with brass and nylon saw guides and perspex templates. It was very accurate and the best 15 years ago. It looks a lot different from the new one but has some...

Billy,
Are you going to be at the Brisbane wood show this weekend?
I heard there was a slab (or two) at the Maleny Wood Expo so hopefully you didnt sell out.
PM me if you want to pre-sell some. ...

Japanese luthiers used the name jacaranda instead of "brazilian rosewood" in the 70's (perhaps in a way to avoid export problems). They now make jacaranda guitars but use an obtainable south...