Body wood?

[fresnorich]

Does this look like alder, ash, or basswood?

It's a late '70s/early '80s Tokai jazz body that weights 6 lbs. (fully loaded; no neck).




bigger pic w/ flash:

[Geoff St. Germaine]

Looks sort of like ash, but it's hard to tell exactly.

[Demens]

Yeah... it looks a lot like ash, but it is hard to tell on a piece of wood that small that is partially covered with paint...

[FBB Custom]

If it's a Japanese knock-off, it doesn't even have to be one of those woods, does it?

[Scott in Dallas]

Looks too red to be ash. My guess would be alder.

[Suburban]

The grain and colour yells "conifer" to me.
Agathis is pretty common in Japanese gear, and is a type of pine. Actually, having seen only the wood, knowing naught about the use, I'd have said "pine".

[parttimeluthier]

Originally Posted by Suburban

The grain and colour yells "conifer" to me.
Agathis is pretty common in Japanese gear, and is a type of pine. Actually, having seen only the wood, knowing naught about the use, I'd have said "pine".

Yea, I'd have to agree. When i saw the pic. even before I scrolled down to your comment, I said to myself "that looks more like FIR to me more than it does Ash, Basswood or Alder!" Pine or some kind of Asian "Doug Fir" like wood for sure.

[Scott in Dallas]

I agree that it looks like pine, but that wasn't one of the choices. My initial thought was that it looked like 2x4.