Distinguishing quartersawn from flatsawn Brazilian rosewood. - FRETS.NET2024-03-29T13:53:50Zhttps://fretsnet.ning.com/forum/topics/distinguishing-quartersawn-from-flatsawn-brazilian-rosewood?commentId=2177249%3AComment%3A279177&x=1&feed=yes&xn_auth=noI was going to guess it was s…tag:fretsnet.ning.com,2021-05-19:2177249:Comment:2791772021-05-19T02:02:20.304ZGreg Mirkenhttps://fretsnet.ning.com/profile/GregMirken
<p>I was going to guess it was some of that stumpwood. Martin used some too, and from what I was told it cracked easily while being worked, and much CA was used to enable sides to be bent from it.</p>
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<p>I was going to guess it was some of that stumpwood. Martin used some too, and from what I was told it cracked easily while being worked, and much CA was used to enable sides to be bent from it.</p>
<p></p> It is a 2007 Blueridge BR 260…tag:fretsnet.ning.com,2021-05-19:2177249:Comment:2792802021-05-19T01:19:12.825ZJeff Bolekhttps://fretsnet.ning.com/profile/JeffBolek662
<p>It is a 2007 Blueridge BR 260, solid Brazilian rosewood. According to Saga they managed to secure a load of recovered tree stump Brazilian rosewood and made a limited run. It's not a Martin but at my age when a solid Brazilian rosewood guitar is on your bucket list for 20 years you get what you can. Here's a quote from one of Frank's YouTube videos "If you don't take care of Brazilian rosewood it will crack; if you take care of it it will crack. It's going to crack eventually". So my…</p>
<p>It is a 2007 Blueridge BR 260, solid Brazilian rosewood. According to Saga they managed to secure a load of recovered tree stump Brazilian rosewood and made a limited run. It's not a Martin but at my age when a solid Brazilian rosewood guitar is on your bucket list for 20 years you get what you can. Here's a quote from one of Frank's YouTube videos "If you don't take care of Brazilian rosewood it will crack; if you take care of it it will crack. It's going to crack eventually". So my guess is this guitar will someday crack. </p> You can't call that either. W…tag:fretsnet.ning.com,2021-05-19:2177249:Comment:2792762021-05-19T00:51:49.965ZGreg Mirkenhttps://fretsnet.ning.com/profile/GregMirken
<p>You can't call that either. When you take a section from a smaller log you get a mix of both flatsawn and quartered grain. Picture a slice going right through the center of the tree- the grain would appear as straight parallel lines. Flatsawn wood can have wild grain like you see at the outer edges of that back.</p>
<p>Nice back; what is the guitar?</p>
<p>You can't call that either. When you take a section from a smaller log you get a mix of both flatsawn and quartered grain. Picture a slice going right through the center of the tree- the grain would appear as straight parallel lines. Flatsawn wood can have wild grain like you see at the outer edges of that back.</p>
<p>Nice back; what is the guitar?</p>