Just finished an all (almost) Oz timber f-4 in time for the local music festival this weekend...
http://www.yungaburrafolkfestival.org/
The top is Tasmanian "King Billy" pine. The neck is three-piece Qld. "Maple"/Cooktown Ironwood. The sides "Scented Maple". The back is Qld. "Walnut." The binding and peghead veneer is New Guinea Ebony. The fretboard is Cooktown Ironwood ("Red Ebony"). None of the above timbers are true walnuts or maples, they are all local rainforest timbers. If anybody wants scientific names, hit me next week.
The bracing is a self-designed combo of X bracing and tone bar. Looks sort of like a backwards "K" from above. So far it is superior in balance across the strings, tone and volume then any of my previous mandolins. Had to pry it out of the wife's hands to refine the setup tonight!<g>
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