25 Mar
2012
25 Mar
'12
1:34 p.m.
On 03/25/2012 03:00 PM, Chuck Guzis wrote:
Every man should buff his ipe to a glossy finish.
-Dave
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Dave McGuire, AK4HZ
New Kensington, PA
There is
plenty of old rosewood kicking around, from scrapped
furniture. Not super cheap, but available.
...and plenty of fake "rosewood", going back to the 19th century as
well as being present on many cheap Chinese knockoff guitar models,
so if you go the used route, be very careful.
If you're after the "look", consider various painting techniques to
simulate the appearance of rosewood (see previous paragraph).
There are many dense attractive wood species. Not long ago, I was
impressed by a tabletop made of plain old Ipe that was buffed to a
glossy finish (no varnish, just good abrasives and some power).