GUITAR WOODS: PADUAK
GUITAR WOODS: PADUAK |
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Paduak (Pterocarpus Soiauxii) grows in western Africa. The tree grows to a maximum height of 30mt with a 0.6 to 1 mt diameter.
Weights are pretty heavy reaching about 640/800kg/mt3 and degrade only a bit when seasoned. Paduak is a highly stable wood and for this reason was, and is, still widely used for manufacturing laminated necks for neck thourgh basses, and it's also seen used for | |
| fretboards. Just cut, it displays a largely brownish colour that, due to oxidation, in a few days will become a wonderful shiny orange. | ||
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