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THE NEXT COCOBOLO/CEDAR

4/22/2017

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Another lovely back of Cocobolo is in the works. It will have just a small "skunk stripe" at the top. This stuff is a not the easiest wood to work with but wow the results have been fantastic in the two Coco ukes I have built.  I am becoming a big fan of this Mexican wood.
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I tap-toned through my cedar supply and selected this beautiful piece.  I have had this wood for 50 years.  It came from a huge half log found in Bellingham's lake Whatcom, a floating walkway of an old lumber mill's log boom.  Split in half, 40 feet long, the flat top scored by the calked boots of the boom men.  I calculate that it was 1400 years old when felled about 100 years ago.  Incredibly tight grained magnificent Western Red Cedar.
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And here are the Cocobolo sides.  Beautiful wood.  I will cut away the yellow sap wood and bind the instruments with figured Australian Blackwood.  The tenor will have a Honduran Mahogany neck.  It ought to be a beauty, sure hope it sounds like #95.
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