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Hi all,
I would really appreciate any comments on photo attached.
Tasmanian Myrtle. species Nothofagus Cunningham.
Pink to deep red in colour.
Add about 700 kg/m3.
Popular in Australia for solid body guitars.
Cheers Robert.
 

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It looks great! It also looks a lot like Madrone Burl and the new Streamer LTD 2008 is made of it. I have no idea what the tonal qualities of the wood are though. Sorry.
 
Comments I have received in the past is that it has a great tone, has also been used for Acoustic guitars,
Cheers Robert.
 
For what I know, burls aren't really good tonewoods and called sponge woods (they absorb the tonal properties of the wood they're put on, because they are mostly use in tops/backs). I could be wrong tho
 
Flipper, all I know that there is alot of Myrtle burl used here in Australia for Solid bodys and used on drop tops. I met with Rick Turner from the U.S.A. twice this year and his belief is, that it is a great tone wood.

flipper_gv said:
For what I know, burls aren't really good tonewoods and called sponge woods (they absorb the tonal properties of the wood they're put on, because they are mostly use in tops/backs). I could be wrong tho
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I can only image that the tone in burls differ more from bass to bass than regular woods because after all burl wood is just a rotted cyst on a tree. I'm sure that burl holds some of the original woods tone but with all the knots, twists, and things that make it beautiful comes more that the sound has to move through. Just a thought.
 
Tigermyrtle said:
Flipper, all I know that there is alot of Myrtle burl used here in Australia for Solid bodys and used on drop tops. I met with Rick Turner from the U.S.A. twice this year and his belief is, that it is a great tone wood.

flipper_gv said:
For what I know, burls aren't really good tonewoods and called sponge woods (they absorb the tonal properties of the wood they're put on, because they are mostly use in tops/backs). I could be wrong tho
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If Rick Turner said so, I won't start arguing you. The dude worked for alembic, he gotta know his stuff.
 
Your right there Flipper, Rick Turner certainly knows his stuff.
If he tells me it would be a great tone wood I would say he is right,
And as I said earlier its used here in Australia and I see alot of guitars out there using burl.
 
Tigermyrtle said:
Your right there Flipper, Rick Turner certainly knows his stuff.
If he tells me it would be a great tone wood I would say he is right,
And as I said earlier its used here in Australia and I see alot of guitars out there using burl.
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well my Burl opinion was based on Buckeye burl only (it's how it was described to me by Oli) and I generalized, which is not ok.
 
They're not all soft & spongy.Some are robust & hard,unlike me. :shock:
I remember Ollie describing his Infinity with a buck-eye burl top.it's considered not to have any tonal effect coz it's a soft wood on a semi hollow bodied bass.The hollow chambers have more of an influence then the soft top.
 
Hi Greg,
Well we are starting to get some where with this.
There is good solid wood in burl and in all timbers and there is crap spongy soft wood, Myrtle works well in Acoustic guitars.
so i dont see why solid burl will not work in a Bass there is a few builders here in Australia already using it.
 
Tigermyrtle said:
Hi all,
I would really appreciate any
comments on photo attached.

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Comment on photo ?

Looks like a forensic pic of a
3rd degree burn victim :-(

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Tigermyrtle said:
Hi Greg,
Well we are starting to get some where with this.
There is good solid wood in burl and in all timbers and there is crap spongy soft wood, Myrtle works well in Acoustic guitars.
so i dont see why solid burl will not work in a Bass there is a few builders here in Australia already using it.
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I'd imagine Michael Tobias would be interested in it.He makes some stunning USA basses using it.
Who are the Aussie bass buiders using it?I'd like to check em out.
 
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