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larichhall
Jul-07-2018, 6:12pm
Can you please help me identify the wood on this mandolin?169252
Magnus Geijer
Jul-07-2018, 6:24pm
Looks like curly maple to me. Any reason to believe it's something else?
larichhall
Jul-07-2018, 6:29pm
No. I just got it a couple days ago and (being the inept newbie that I am) I was so excited to get it that I forgot to ask what kind of wood. Got any beach front property in Arizona you want to sell? lol
Magnus Geijer
Jul-07-2018, 6:52pm
Ok, in that case it's almost certainly curly maple. The most commonly used wood for mando backs.
Bill Cameron
Jul-19-2018, 11:47am
Wikipedia tells all: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flame_maple
You can spot it in the log, sometimes even with the bark on. I sometimes find curly maple pieces in my firewood pile, which causes an internal crisis for me...keep my family warm, or start putting pieces aside for someday? https://www.google.ca/search?rlz=1C9BKJA_enCA604CA605&hl=en-US&ei=l79QW6mnNYmmjwTh4rWQBQ&q=flamed+maple+in+log&oq=flamed+maple+in+log&gs_l=mobile-gws-wiz-serp.3...27047.27550..28549...0.0...120.330.0j3... ...0....1.........0i71.WN3u1y9pHFw#imgrc=0x4gl5VgL 7FIWM: