Local wood for guitar body

[maxi_musikero]

Bro if you think their website is something, you should see the warehouse! Nakaka depress kasi I can't buy them all  shoulda bought that African blackwood set when they offered it to me at half price! I'm such an idiot.  
 the kit wizard will drive you crazy The options are mind blowing.

Now I miss their sales, when they sell the sub par woods by the pound regardless of species and part.
And they have lots of rejects becuase of a few minor flaws.  Thank God For their high standards, otherwise a bottom feeder like me can only watch and drool.

Let's get these local woods going!

hay...if and when i get the chance to visit the US, i won't pass on the chance to visit their warehouse and purchase wood and other stuff.   

On that note, here's something interesting and frustrating.

http://www.mylespaul.com/forums/luthiers-corner/127194-wood-shopping.html
http://www.mylespaul.com/forums/luthiers-corner/127702-group-buy-honduran-mahogany-spanish-cedar.html

sana may ganyan din dito. 

[redballs17]

hay...if and when i get the chance to visit the US, i won't pass on the chance to visit their warehouse and purchase wood and other stuff.   

sana may ganyan din dito. 

Your wish is my command. 

Anybody intrested in a Group buy of African Mahogany and Walnut?

sizes are 22x14x2 inches and 30x4x3 inches. S2S.

Estimated price Php 500.00 each (I'm still negotiating with the supplier) for the final quote.

[jbarot]

hay...if and when i get the chance to visit the US, i won't pass on the chance to visit their warehouse and purchase wood and other stuff.   

sana may ganyan din dito. 

I'm sure somewhere here in Manila there is a stash of wood planks from old houses.  I fantasize that there is this old rickety house about to be demolished that once belonged to a rich guy, and he used rosewood and Honduran mahogany for his fixtures.  

It's out there boys, we just have to look for it.

[jbarot]

Your wish is my command.  

Anybody intrested in a Group buy of African Mahogany and Walnut?

sizes are 22x14x2 inches and 30x4x3 inches. S2S.

Estimated price Php 500.00 each (I'm still negotiating with the supplier) for the final quote.

I'm listening.  What kind of African mahogany?  What kind of walnut?  How close are they to quarter sawn? Pics would be nice

[redballs17]

@jbarot
I still owe you some pics of some of my woods.  I'll have plenty of time tom.


My Dad makes furnitures as his hobby. So I've experience hunting different kinds of wood here in manila. Most of them are based on VISMIN but have a small warehouse here. And most of the have very limited stocks. I remember theres one in pasig near ortigas extension ( a small gate with a huge warehouse). The other one is in valenzuela (which I think its gone), they mostly sell illegal kinds of wood.

[free2rock]

Your wish is my command. 

Anybody intrested in a Group buy of African Mahogany and Walnut?

sizes are 22x14x2 inches and 30x4x3 inches. S2S.

Estimated price Php 500.00 each (I'm still negotiating with the supplier) for the final quote.

Okay. You have my attention. I assume there will be a minimum for the group buy. Kindly PM details when final

[jbarot]

@jbarot
I still owe you some pics of some of my woods.  I'll have plenty of time tom.


My Dad makes furnitures as his hobby. So I've experience hunting different kinds of wood here in manila. Most of them are based on VISMIN but have a small warehouse here. And most of the have very limited stocks. I remember theres one in pasig near ortigas extension ( a small gate with a huge warehouse). The other one is in valenzuela (which I think its gone), they mostly sell illegal kinds of wood.

do you know where in ortigas?  do they accommodate walkins?

thanks for this info

[free2rock]

@jbarot
I still owe you some pics of some of my woods.  I'll have plenty of time tom.


My Dad makes furnitures as his hobby. So I've experience hunting different kinds of wood here in manila. Most of them are based on VISMIN but have a small warehouse here. And most of the have very limited stocks. I remember theres one in pasig near ortigas extension ( a small gate with a huge warehouse). The other one is in valenzuela (which I think its gone), they mostly sell illegal kinds of wood.

Wait. I live near there. PM Sent!

[redballs17]

Wait. I live near there. PM Sent!

@free2rock
Oops my bad. PM sent




with regard to the african mahogany. Here are some pics from the supplier in CDO.






my dad always alway wants me to intruduce myself as a representative of our comapany and ask if I can purcahse a small amount for samples. Most of the wood suppliers here in our country will never sell their stocks in small amounts, and dont expect them to cut a specific size unless your going to buy the whole lot. Good thing my dad has a registered company (small one ) which we use in purchasing wood for his hobby. 



 

[redballs17]

The one near ortigas is by appointment (I think). Last time I was there was 3-4 years ago.

Thank God I remember the site.
http://www.idewood.com/index.php?pid=8 <===Their wharehouse is in pasig.

Do I smell a fieldtrip?
 

[Rmansh]

^jbarot WASsing

[jbarot]

cooool!

for instrument grade we're looking for straight grained.  the wavey figure is nice and all but its not stable enough to withstand all the string tension.  see if you can negotiate/handpick the straight grained ones

i do smell a fieldtrip

[redballs17]

cooool!

for instrument grade we're looking for straight grained.  the wavey figure is nice and all but its not stable enough to withstand all the string tension.  see if you can negotiate/handpick the straight grained ones

i do smell a fieldtrip

Ok. I'll ask them tom.

The philippine rosewood that I stated before is identical to the ones in the site. I'll ask my dad's contact in pasig to schedule our mini fieldtrip. I guess free2rock is also intrested in going. 

[maxi_musikero]

The one near ortigas is by appointment (I think). Last time I was there was 3-4 years ago.

Thank God I remember the site.
http://www.idewood.com/index.php?pid=8 <===Their wharehouse is in pasig.

Do I smell a fieldtrip?

philippine rosewood!  curious..very curious. 

based on their site, looks like their main office is in Makati. 

[redballs17]

philippine rosewood!  curious..very curious.  

based on their site, looks like their main office is in Makati.  

Yup but their warehouse is in pasig area. They told me that philippine rosewoods are mainly use as floorings for boats and kitchenware. I'll try to post some pics of it tom.

[alex_kayat]

isama nyo ko dyan sa fieldtrip ! 

[jbarot]

^jbarot WASsing

sorry for the delay.  had to clean the keyboard.  drooled all over it

there is no such thing as philippine rosewood.  like philippine mahogany it does not exist.  trust me i checked.

i'm really interested in the plantation mahogany.  its honduran mahogany man!  if we should get mahogany i suggest that this is the one we get.

count me in for the field trip

[redballs17]

@jbarot.
- I'll arrange an appointment with the sales person Sir Jun. Next saturday would be great. 

@alex_kayat
- sure. 
 

[alex_kayat]

How much profit sa pang plant ng mahogany or narra? Also how long does it take to grow for producing lumber?

[jbarot]

How much profit sa pang plant ng mahogany or narra? Also how long does it take to grow for producing lumber?

a long time.  for instrument grade the log should be at least a 2 meters in diameter.  if this works out i don't know where to put the stash without my wife noticing!  hehehehe

[alex_kayat]

a long time.  for instrument grade the log should be at least a 2 meters in diameter.  if this works out i don't know where to put the stash without my wife noticing!  hehehehe

Naku bka, nde kna abutin ang pag harvest. Mango nalang pala itatanim ko 

[kawal]

nice thread. since tropical naman ang bansa natin, i'm sure malaki ang potential natin for wood with good tonal characteristics. sana lang wag nating tangkilikin yung mga illegal na pagputol ng mga puno at pag-ubos sa kagubatan.

[maxi_musikero]

there is no such thing as philippine rosewood.  like philippine mahogany it does not exist.  trust me i checked.

then what would you call the rosewood mentioned in the website bro?  indian rosewood perhaps?

buti malapit lang yung warehouse!  not in a far-flung province!   

[haxo55]

Your wish is my command. 

Anybody intrested in a Group buy of African Mahogany and Walnut?

sizes are 22x14x2 inches and 30x4x3 inches. S2S.

Estimated price Php 500.00 each (I'm still negotiating with the supplier) for the final quote.

gusto ko yan ah, pwede na rin pang project guitar no? hehe

[redballs17]

then what would you call the rosewood mentioned in the website bro?  indian rosewood perhaps?

buti malapit lang yung warehouse!  not in a far-flung province!  

I believe it not an indian rosewood. My strat fretboard has a different grain pattern and if it is I'm one hell of a lucky guy for having an 8ft board.

I wasn't able to took pictures of some of my woods live I have as promised. But thankfully I saw some scraps of the said P. Rosewood on my wife's desk (she use it as paperweight ).