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'Swamp ash' is actually a little more precise... it refers to ash with open pores. These woods grow at more southern latitudes, and the wood is a bit softer. Swamp ash is usually fraxinus caroliniana, fraxinus nigra, or fraxinus pennsylvanica.

If you're going to fault a term as not applying to a single species, though, you'd need to rule out a lot of other common terms for guitar woods: spruce, cedar, mahogany, rosewood, maple, and walnut, just to name a few. The only common terms that apply to a single species are going to be things like Koa (etelis coruscans) that grow in very isolated areas.]]> Guitar Players Discussion NoteBoat https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-players-discussion/types-of-wood-used-in-guitars/#post-115485 https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-players-discussion/types-of-wood-used-in-guitars/#post-115454 Thu, 04 Aug 2005 17:10:48 +0000 Guitar Players Discussion Ignar Hillström https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-players-discussion/types-of-wood-used-in-guitars/#post-115454 https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-players-discussion/types-of-wood-used-in-guitars/#post-115452 Thu, 04 Aug 2005 17:05:24 +0000
acoustic guitar - top, back and sides made from ash.

what do you think of it ?]]> Guitar Players Discussion itziks https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-players-discussion/types-of-wood-used-in-guitars/#post-115452 https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-players-discussion/types-of-wood-used-in-guitars/#post-115284 Wed, 03 Aug 2005 22:43:14 +0000
Luthiers can get creative, though - I have a custom built hollow body with a ribbon mahogany fretboard. I've also seen walnut, and a few exotics, like peroba rosa.

If you get into the electric arena, there aren't many woods that DON'T get used - alder, poplar, swamp ash, basswood, walnut are all fairly common for bodies.]]> Guitar Players Discussion NoteBoat https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-players-discussion/types-of-wood-used-in-guitars/#post-115284 https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-players-discussion/types-of-wood-used-in-guitars/#post-115276 Wed, 03 Aug 2005 22:18:24 +0000 Guitar Players Discussion undercat https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-players-discussion/types-of-wood-used-in-guitars/#post-115276 https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-players-discussion/types-of-wood-used-in-guitars/#post-115257 Wed, 03 Aug 2005 20:52:31 +0000
Ozark Wild Cherry
Lyrachord - not a wood, BUT NOT PLASTIC.]]> Guitar Players Discussion Nick Torres https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-players-discussion/types-of-wood-used-in-guitars/#post-115257 https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-players-discussion/types-of-wood-used-in-guitars/#post-115256 Wed, 03 Aug 2005 20:50:04 +0000
Maple
Rosewood
Ebony
Cherry Mahogany! :shock:]]> Guitar Players Discussion yoyo286 https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-players-discussion/types-of-wood-used-in-guitars/#post-115256 https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-players-discussion/types-of-wood-used-in-guitars/#post-115254 Wed, 03 Aug 2005 20:43:48 +0000
Spruce
Cedar
Redwood
Koa
Mahogany

for backs you can have just about anything

Maple
Rosewood
Ebony
Cherry

You name it. Generally the back is a denser wood.

the list goes on and on.]]> Guitar Players Discussion Nick Torres https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-players-discussion/types-of-wood-used-in-guitars/#post-115254 https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-players-discussion/types-of-wood-used-in-guitars/#post-115211 Wed, 03 Aug 2005 17:55:11 +0000 Guitar Players Discussion art&lutherie https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-players-discussion/types-of-wood-used-in-guitars/#post-115211 https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-players-discussion/types-of-wood-used-in-guitars/#post-115208 Wed, 03 Aug 2005 17:52:37 +0000 http://projectguitar.ibforums.com/index.php?s=65f637f37eaf8ddaeadec82e6a0be837&act=idx]]> Guitar Players Discussion 300m https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-players-discussion/types-of-wood-used-in-guitars/#post-115208