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  1. Jul-07-2018, 6:12pm #1
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    Default Help identify wood

    Can you please help me identify the wood on this mandolin?Click image for larger version.  Name: mandolin back.jpg  Views: 120  Size: 99.8 KB  ID: 169252
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  2. Jul-07-2018, 6:24pm #2
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    Looks like curly maple to me. Any reason to believe it's something else?
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  3. Jul-07-2018, 6:29pm #3
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    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
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  4. Jul-07-2018, 6:52pm #4
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    Ok, in that case it's almost certainly curly maple. The most commonly used wood for mando backs.
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  5. Jul-19-2018, 11:47am #5
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    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=1C9...x4gl5VgL7FIWM:
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