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#1 posted 10-23-2012 05:17 PM

One of the cases against butternut is it sometimes has a dark streak in it, and it has a tendency to occasionally have a pith running through it. I don’t see any examples of that here.
I’m sticking with mahogany, albeit a lower quality species. Still a great score, no matter what!

-- Tsunami Guitars and Custom Woodworking, Cleveland, TN

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