diff. wood grain

[bin4christ]

wud diff. wood grains mean diff woods?

i checked j&d's webbie n it's stated the j&d tele is made of alder n ther's a pic of the tele in a translucent finish so i can see the grains...

ther's another j&d tele at yahoo auctions in the same finish as the 1 in the pic at j&d's webbie but the grains on this 1 is not the same as the 1 in the pic at j&d's webbie...
cud this mean tt they're not made of the same type of wood?

 

[vernplum]

Not necessarily.

There are different ways to cut a wooden log to make a guitar top. You can search for terms such as 'quartersawn', 'flatsawn' or 'bookmatched' with MSN Search or something to see how they differ.

Basically, depending on which part and at which angle the wood is cut from the log, the figure on the top will differ.

 

[bin4christ]

oh..thx vern...

btw,can i find out wat is the wood of the guitar if it's not stated?

 

[ChanMin]

you can usually tell by the wood's color, grain patterns and the weight/density/hardness of the wood and even by how the guitar sounds. but im no expert...

more of this info can be found at www.warmoth.com

 

[bin4christ]

but..wat if the guitar is made of wood tt is not commonly used to make guitars..e.g. santa'fe guitars was found to be made of jelutong as opposed to alder tt the guy at the shop said...

 

[theblueark]

Probably will need some wood expert to look at the grains and tell you what wood it is. It's just like any other thing isn't it? Only a fish expert can catch some fish from the sea and tell you "oooh this is the medditeranean sea bass, very rare" whereas the rest of us just go "Man that's a mother big fish!"

Either that or you can compare to pictures in books I guess. But sometimes it's misleading and you have to take into account the different cuts.