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Figured Bubinga

African Rosewood, also known as Bubinga, comes from the Ivory Coast, Gabon and Cameroon. Bubinga is bright and rich, very variable in color from pink, Browns orange, red and black. The wood of the heart may be rose purple with dark red veins and purple stripes. African wood grain wood pink lock is harder and heavier than Brazilian Rosewood, and has a fine texture medium. Cast Bubinga Purple Rose is oxidized to a reddish brown with time. Rosewood Africa can be plain or spotted. There are images of African Rosewood classical guitar string steel in ellisguitars.com site. Many species of mahogany Africa. That made acoustic guitar, known as Khaya mahogany. Khaya Mahogany is found in tropical Africa and Madagascar. Khaya Mahogany is light pink to medium brown to reddish brown. Khaya mahogany Sapele mahogany superior strength, another African mahogany used in the construction of the acoustic guitar. It has a mild rough texture, which sometimes overlapping, sometimes straight. Interlocked grain produces a striped figure Quartersawn surfaces (the best for guitars). Like most Mahogany species Khaya guitars Mahogany is warm and clear with good balance. Another family of luthiers is mahogany Sapele mahogany. Sapele is found in West Africa, central and eastern tropical forests Africa, Côte d'Ivoire, Ghana, Nigeria, Cameroon, Uganda, Zaire and Tanzania. Sapele Mahogany Heartwood is salmon pink and pale yellow sapwood. The heartwood is pink to reddish brown with age change. Sapelli Mahogany close interaction with the texture of the direction of change of grain and can be regularly striped. Also you can have large irregular pores, interspersed with bands of small pores. Wavy grain produces intense fiddleback or figures seen doing the same 3D look. Sapele Tonewood mahogany is heavier than other African countries, but not so strong. Ovangkol is relatively new to the construction of the acoustic guitar. Guibourtia ehie also known as Mozambique, Shedu, Amazakoue amazoue and is located in West Africa, Côte d'Ivoire, Ghana, southern Nigeria and Gabon. Ovangkol wooden heart wood is yellow to chocolate brown, dark brown with gray black stripes. Ovangkol woodgrain is stapled and the texture is moderately coarse. Tonal back and Ovangkol between the sides are high and a maple top Rosewood. Padouk is a deep-colored wood also known as Pterocarpus soyauxii, MBE, Mbila, Mutua, and Bosulu angle. Padouk or Padouk is found in Central and tropical West Africa, stretching from south-western Nigeria to Zaire. The wood is bright orange or almost crimson as grain Tonewood guitar has good, straight, slightly harder and heavier than Indian Rosewood, with fine to medium term. Padouk timber oxidizes a darker, rich purple-brown over time. Padauk guitars have a strong tone. Wenge is a dark chocolate-colored wood found in Zaire, Cameroon and Gabon in Africa. Millettia Tonewood Laurentii spaced brown, black veins and dark and light brown. Wenge back acoustic guitar and wooden side has a straight grain tight across the width and a rough texture. Wenge wood guitar string is heavier than East Indian and Brazilian rosewood, and since most of African Wenge wood guitar has a loud tone of Nice. Zebrawood is the name of their intense bands. Microberlinia Brazzavillensis are in Africa, Gabon and Cameroon. Of Zebrawood timber has bold colors evenly striped overall with gold-tan, yellow and brown. The wood is very thick of building acoustic guitars is black African, said by some to be the best of Brazilian rosewood. Blackwood Tonewood Africa has an excellent response and Tapton is fantastic.

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Andrew Ellis is the Head Luthier at Ellis Guitars, Perth, Western Australia. Ellis Guitars make fine handcrafted acoustic guitars and the Ellis Acoustic Stompbox. Website – www.ellisguitars.com

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