BIGDB
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I recently saw a post on what is your favorite tone wood and that left me wondering what is your favorite looking wood
Favorite looking wood
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Well, I'm a huge Mahogany fan. I like many woods for many different reasons, including the curl, flame and the other "desieased" woods for their character. But, even though Mahogany is considered a boring (in appearance) wood, with not much character, I love it for that reason. I love the look and feel of the rich, warm, color of a nice piece of Mahogany.
ChrisRCovington
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I'll 2nd mahogany. I really like the old dark looking stuff.
I've got a trip to visit some old Air Force buddies and meeting at our old SAC base in Louisiana this summer. I may bring back some old drift cypress wood back with me. I have been thinking about building a uke using old drift cypress. Not sure how that would sound, but I think it would look amazing..
weerpool
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good ol' Mahogany all day, always. i ve workded with all kinds of pretty koa and i still not 100% sold.i know alot of ukers like htem but its overrated ( subjective) in my opinion
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My ears don't disagree, but my eyes do. That's the funny thing, dessert sometimes looks better than it tastes! My solid mahogany sounds GREAT, but I like curly wood. All of it. Maple, Koa, I don't care. The fiddle-stripes make me drool.
In fact I saw Antebellum Instruments had an old Cuban Curly Mahogany S.S. Stewart for sale last week. My UAS checked on it and it sold...even curly Mahogany looks stunning...
In fact I saw Antebellum Instruments had an old Cuban Curly Mahogany S.S. Stewart for sale last week. My UAS checked on it and it sold...even curly Mahogany looks stunning...
ukuhippo
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I love the sparkly black plastic on my Dolphin.
UkueBass23
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For looks, I definitely like anything that starts with "spalted". Maple, mango, monkeypod, you name it.
Moore Bettah Ukuleles
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I don't even consider it being a real uke unless it's made of koa.
wickedwahine11
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it is definitely curly koa, preferably blonde.
Greetings Tudorp, I'm a "Big Stick" man myself. I was at Griffiss, NY through the 80's.
Back on topic... I like mahogany for a ukulele. It just looks right.
Colonel Uke
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Birdseye Maple
ukuhippo
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That's not a nice thing to say about guitars.
peewee
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I like the look of vertically arranged and grouped columns of wood. 
Yeah, filthy monsters they are too. Still a fun job though.
Loved em. Will always have a place in my heart for them. The only issue I had with them, was when the crew chiefs set off paint bombs in the wheel wells to get them white again. All our old wiring harnesses and markings were always covered in white paint. Made it tough to work our wiring issues when all the wires and numbers were all the same.. lol
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Hippie Dribble
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if it's just aesthetics, then hands down, maple and walnut.
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