One of my friends is a woodturner and has some nice peices of wood. He has agreed to let me have some burl wood from the same block as the attached photo. I think it is burl elm but not entirely sure as I write this email. The block will be large enough for a set of facings. From what you can see of the bowl, do you think I should consider it. I have yet to see the wood in the flesh but the bowl is quite pretty. Thanks Matthew
The burl is very nice. It looks like the bowl has some bark inclusions, but I'd go for it, especially if it's a freebie.
1 Have a bass made 2 Sell me your Smith Sorted Seriously, can you imagine what someone for example Keith Roscoe could do with wood like that?
Difficult to say from a small piece of the wood. I think a burl top should ideally be faultless, I don't like the idea of filling in holes and cracks with epoxy like on some basses I've seen.
Thanks for the feed back guys. Good points about the wood needing to be faultless I will check it out before making a decision. It will be free but I don't want to waste it as my friend could always put it to good use. CS are you serious about the Smith?. I hadn't thought about selling, but PM me if you are interested. Regards Matthew
