Scott French
04-06-2006, 08:16 PM
BURL!
http://www.scottfrench.com/?m=Gallery&s=Luthiery&t=Thriftshop%20Burl%20Table
http://www.scottfrench.com/?m=Gallery&s=Luthiery&t=Thriftshop%20Burl%20Table
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This is a search-engine-friendly text mirror of the TalkBass Forums Scott French 04-06-2006, 08:16 PM BURL! http://www.scottfrench.com/?m=Gallery&s=Luthiery&t=Thriftshop%20Burl%20Table Linas 04-06-2006, 08:49 PM Very nice, what did you pay for it, if you dont mind me asking. Maby i should frequent salvation more often if your finding stuff like this! iamlowsound 04-06-2006, 08:50 PM Where did you get that? It is beautiful, also what kind of wood it is? Kind of looks like maple. lowsound paintandsk8 04-06-2006, 08:53 PM :eek: g00eY 04-06-2006, 09:10 PM whoa! nice find! ehque 04-06-2006, 09:50 PM ok i can understand how you know this is burl, but you dont go around buying table tood just like that right... how do you know its not a veneer? (or rotting inside) BurningSkies 04-06-2006, 10:26 PM ok i can understand how you know this is burl, but you dont go around buying table tood just like that right... how do you know its not a veneer? (or rotting inside) http://www.scottfrench.com/Gallery/Luthiery/Thriftshop%20Burl%20Table/02.jpg http://www.scottfrench.com/Gallery/Luthiery/Thriftshop%20Burl%20Table/01.jpg No way that's a veneer. Look at it. It's about 1/2 of a full burl. Scott French 04-06-2006, 10:57 PM Linas, It wasn't cheap! I would need to sell off a few sets if I wanted to make back the money I paid for it. iamlowsound, I got it at the Auburn, CA Salvation Army. I'm not really sure what wood it is. Could be maple but it feels a little soft. It could also be myrtle but honestly I have no idea! It was made in Redding, CA and I would guess it was made from a local wood. ehque, You can usually tell when something is veneered. I've found burly pianos that were only veneers, you just have to look at edges and you can usually tell. I was wondering about this thing for a while because some of the burl is so nice it looks almost fake. BurningSkies, its really only a slab about 2.75-5 inches thick. The other stuff is just a base that is connected with fiberglass then painted black. Scott French 07-28-2006, 03:31 PM I finally got the first set from this thing cut up today. I'm pretty sure at this point that it is buckeye burl. The wood is incredibly light and looks just like a giant buckeye slice I saw at someone's house. http://www.scottfrench.com/images/linked/buckeye1tb.gif (http://www.scottfrench.com/images/linked/buckeye1.jpg) http://www.scottfrench.com/images/linked/buckeye2tb.gif (http://www.scottfrench.com/images/linked/buckeye2.jpg) fookgub 07-28-2006, 04:28 PM Lookin' good. I'm glad you're making that into an instrument... it was a hideous table ;) Larry Davis 07-28-2006, 07:13 PM Absolute 100% California buckeye, Scott |