Identifying exotic woods

[Ted Crocker]

From The Wood Database

 

The Wood Database

A B C D E F G H I J K L M		N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z
Abura Afrormosia Alder: European Alder Nepalese Alder Red Alder Amazique Amboyna Andiroba Angelim Rajado Anigre Apple Ash: Black Ash Blue Ash European Ash Green Ash Olive Ash Oregon Ash Pumpkin Ash White Ash Aspen: Bigtooth Aspen European Aspen Quaking Aspen Avodire Baldcypress Balsa Bamboo Basswood Beech: American Beech European Beech Beli Birch: Alaska Paper Birch Alder-leaf Birch Downy Birch Gray Birch Karelian Birch Masur Birch Paper Birch River Birch Silver Birch Sweet Birch Yellow Birch Blackwood: African Blackwood Australian Blackwood Bocote Box Elder Boxwood Bloodwood Bubinga Buckthorn Butternut Canarywood Cebil Cedar: Aromatic Red Cedar Eastern Redcedar Northern White Cedar Southern Redcedar Spanish Cedar Western Redcedar Cedro Chechen Cherry: Black Cherry Brazilian Cherry Patagonian Cherry Wild Cherry Cocobolo Cottonwood: Black Cottonwood Eastern Cottonwood Cumaru Curupay Cypress Desert Ironwood Douglas-Fir Ebony: African Ebony Black and White Ebony Brown Ebony Gaboon Ebony Macassar Ebony Pale Moon Ebony Ekki Elm: American Elm Carpathian Elm Cedar Elm Dutch Elm English Elm Red Elm Rock Elm Winged Elm Wych Elm Fustic Garapa Goncalo Alves Hackberry Hickory: Bitternut Hickory Mockernut Hickory Nutmeg Hickory Pignut Hickory Shagbark Hickory Shellbark Hickory Water Hickory Holly: American Holly Cape Holly English Holly Idigbo Imbuia Ipe Iroko Itin Jarrah Jatoba Juniper: African Juniper Alligator Juniper Katalox Kempas Kiaat Kingwood Koa Korina Kwila Lacewood Lauan Leadwood Letterwood Lignum Vitae Limba: Black Limba White Limba Lime: American Lime European Lime Locust: Black Locust Honey Locust Lyptus® Macacauba Madrone Mahogany: African Mahogany Cuban Mahogany Honduran Mahogany Philippine Mahogany Santos Mahogany Makore Mango Mansonia Maple: Ambrosia Maple Bigleaf Maple Birdseye Maple Black Maple Boxelder Maple Field Maple Hard Maple Quilted Maple Red Maple Silver Maple Soft Maple Striped Maple Sugar Maple Sycamore Maple Marblewood Meranti: Dark Red Meranti Light Red Meranti White Meranti Yellow Meranti Merbau Mesquite: African Mesquite Black Mesquite Honey Mesquite Monkeypod Mopane Morado Movingui Mozambique Mulberry Muninga Myrtle		Narra Nogal Nyatoh Oak: Red Oak Group Red Oak Black Oak California Black Oak Cherrybark Oak Laurel Oak Pin Oak Scarlet Oak Southern Red Oak Water Oak Willow Oak   White Oak Group White Oak Bog Oak Brown Oak Bur Oak Chestnut Oak English Oak Holm Oak Live Oak Oregon White Oak Overcup Oak Post Oak Sessile Oak Swamp Chestnut Oak Swamp White Oak Turkey Oak    Olive Orientalwood Osage Orange: Osage Orange Argentine Osage Orange Ovangkol Padauk Palm: Black Palm Red Palm Panga Panga Pau Amarello Pau Ferro Pecan Pericopsis Pheasantwood Pine: Loblolly Pine Longleaf Pine Shortleaf Pine Slash Pine Pink Ivory Plane: American Plane London Plane Plum Poplar: Poplar Balsam Poplar Rainbow Poplar Tulip Poplar White Poplar Yellow Poplar Primavera Prosopis juliflora Purpleheart Pyinma Redheart Redwood Rengas Rosewood: Amazon Rosewood Bolivian Rosewood Brazilian Rosewood East Indian Rosewood Honduran Rosewood Santos Rosewood Tiete Rosewood Yucatan Rosewood Sapele Sassafras: Sassafras Blackheart Sassafras Shedua Sipo Sirari Snakewood Spruce: Black Spruce Engelmann Spruce Norway Spruce Red Spruce Sitka Spruce White Spruce Sycamore: American Sycamore European Sycamore Teak: Teak African Teak Brazilian Teak Tigerwood Timborana Tineo Tulipwood Turpentine Utile Verawood Walnut: African Walnut Bastogne Walnut Black Walnut Brazilian Walnut Claro Walnut English Walnut Peruvian Walnut Queensland Walnut Tropical Walnut White Walnut Wenge Yellowheart Yew: European Yew Pacific Yew Zebrawood Ziricote

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[Mark Ayers]

Another nice post Ted

here is a link to a page on a Luthire's site from Italy and he goes in depth about wood types, wood cuts, sound etc. A regular wiki for guitar building http://www.frudua.com/guitar_craftpedia_en.html