Peter Crossley
Active member
This is a Tasmanian Myrtle Burl that I have been drying out for the last seven or so years....
It is extremely rare stuff. For a Myrtle to grow a decent burl it has to be old, probably only one in a thousand myrtles actually grow a burl.
The tree that it came from was dated at over 550 years old, This burl would have started out as a wound in the tree more than 200 years ago..Before the white dudes started roaming around..killing sh1t..etc..
the burl in its original slab form cost me nearly 700 bucks seven years ago, and that was from the guy that dragged it out of the forest..
finally its going to be a guitar..
The original burl was quite large, however a lot of it was useless sue to bark inclusions, this is the heart of the burl, bookmatched at 15 mm thick.
It is extremely rare stuff. For a Myrtle to grow a decent burl it has to be old, probably only one in a thousand myrtles actually grow a burl.
The tree that it came from was dated at over 550 years old, This burl would have started out as a wound in the tree more than 200 years ago..Before the white dudes started roaming around..killing sh1t..etc..
the burl in its original slab form cost me nearly 700 bucks seven years ago, and that was from the guy that dragged it out of the forest..
finally its going to be a guitar..
The original burl was quite large, however a lot of it was useless sue to bark inclusions, this is the heart of the burl, bookmatched at 15 mm thick.
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