What kind of wood do you think this is

[solspirit]

?

 

[Securb]

From a tree

 

[ICTGoober]

What would you like it to be?

 

[solspirit]

What would you like it to be?

It doesn't matter, I just like the look of it and I'm curious.

 

[Chistopher]

The AI on my phone says it's a dishwasher check ball

 

[RanchManSandy]

my gut wants to say palisander rosewood. what make and model is the guitar???

 

[solspirit]

It was an early 2000's Squier Strat CE. It came in a jam pack.

 

[GuitarStv]

Looks like some sort of rosewood to me.

 

[RanchManSandy]

It was an early 2000's Squier Strat CE. It came in a jam pack.

ah, then it's probably something really cheap, like Indian laurel, jatoba or ovangkol (not that those are bad, they are just demonstrably lower in cost than the Big Name Species We All Know)

 

[Rex_Rocker]

I don't think they were using anything like Laurel, Jatoba, or Ovangkol on cheap guitars at all before the Rosewood CITES thing. I don't think (non-Brazilian) Rosewood was considered fancy at all before the ban, so it could very well be some form or another of Rosewood.

 

[Explorer84]

I’ll take a guess and say Pau Ferro.

 

[Masta' C]

Listed as rosewood for the SE on the Squier wiki. That's what it looks like to me, as well.

 

[solspirit]

Listed as rosewood for the SE on the Squier wiki. That's what it looks like to me, as well.

Thanks, I saw that like 2 hours ago. That site also tells me that it was made in China

 

[orpheo]

I don't think they were using anything like Laurel, Jatoba, or Ovangkol on cheap guitars at all before the Rosewood CITES thing. I don't think (non-Brazilian) Rosewood was considered fancy at all before the ban, so it could very well be some form or another of Rosewood.

Or, those woods always were used but simply not labeled as such because they were (deemed) rosewoody enough by the public, and only now with the proliferation of the internet and easily accessible information has the demand grown for proper labeling?

 

[Mincer]

The word 'rosewood' is doing a lot of work here. Lots of species are listed as rosewood that aren't actually. That doesn't look like a common species of rosewood used for fretboards to me. It looks cool with the grain, though.

 

[Top-L]

It has same exact grain pattern as one of my maple boards. Is a stained piece of maple off the table?

 

[GuitarStv]

Back in the early 2000s things were easy. If it was light it was a maple neck, if it was black it was ebony, and if it was brown it was rosewood.