Pete I don't know if this is what you want but it is on eBay at the moment http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Huge-wide...734188?hash=item210ccdcaec:g:W1EAAOSwud1XAYuwBeats me how you guys are still able to get hold of this stuff - haven't seen any decent affordable BM in the UK for about 12 years! Stashes come to the surface but are quickly spotted and gobbled up - there is no supplier of the quality being still used in the USA and Oz...you would have thought that it had never been put on the CITES list the number of instruments still getting made in it...
Beautiful work Allen. In your hands how does Brazilian Mahogany compare to Tasmanian Blackwood?
I have a Tenor made from well aged Ribbon Mahogany and a Tenor made from Tasmanian Blackwood. They are both great instruments and different too. I certainly couldn't separate the different timbers from the different construction.
Anthony
I haven't built too many ukes with a Blackwood soundboard. Everyone wants a softwood that gets a commission, so I haven't bothered with spec instruments like that. I've dialled in the sound of my instruments so it's pretty consistent across all of them. But a few timbers really stand out at being exceptional soundboards.
Personally I don't think that there is any timber that has more of a timeless classic look that I want than nicely 1/4 sawn mahogany.