Yet Another "Identify this wood" Thread

[dr_zaius]

Here we go!

I thought it was ash, but on closer inspection, I'm not sure. Does not have that ash smell, definitely not oak, grain is too dense, maybe some sort of hickory?

Heres whats left of the bark. Not much to go off of but it may help.


Grain close up. Had to change the settings on my phone to get the close up. The color is a little darker in this pic than the wood itself. Color in the first two pics is more accurate.

Can't really describe the smell, but it is a very light scent, and that is a fresh cut. What say ye, Tele Land?

[Bentley]

Funny thing is the first two pics don't work. XD I don't know a lot. Walnut? lol.. idk

[dr_zaius]

Sorry guys, I had the pics all messed up. Working from my phone, not as easy as I'd like it to be. All fixed now.

[guitarbuilder]

I vote northern ash.

[dr_zaius]

Originally Posted by guitarbuilder

I vote northern ash.

I can tell you that the tree this came from was cut down in southeast texas. I have no idea if northern ash grows here. I got some other ash from the same guy and it's definitely ash, highly figured and you can smell it for days after working a piece. You may be right, I have read that northern ash is less figured than swamp ash.

[guitarbuilder]

Originally Posted by dr_zaius

I can tell you that the tree this came from was cut down in southeast texas. I have no idea if northern ash grows here. I got some other ash from the same guy and it's definitely ash, highly figured and you can smell it for days after working a piece. You may be right, I have read that northern ash is less figured than swamp ash.

Tree ID isn't one of my specialties... the wood looks maplish on the face...

White Ash:
Fraxinus americana is a species of Fraxinus native to eastern North America found in mesophytic hardwood forests from Nova Scotia west to Minnesota, south to northern Florida, and southwest to eastern Texas. Wikipedia

[Bentley]

This guys good. Oh.. you used the wiki...

[dr_zaius]

I thought it looked a little like maple too, and I did get some maple from my supplier as well, but it's too light to be maple. Im pretty sure you've got it right with the northern or "white" ash.

[R. Stratenstein]

I don't think that's maple bark, though. . .

[crazydave911]

Hmmm, almost looks like elm, but kinda hard to tell

[kwerk]

[dr_zaius]

Originally Posted by crazydave911

Hmmm, almost looks like elm, but kinda hard to tell

I wish it was elm, but I highly doubt it is.

[Davecam48]

I think it definitely looks like guitar wood!

[Keyser Soze]

The bark doesn't look like ash to me - ash has those repeating patterns where the ridges come together to form 'V' shapes. It does look a bit more like elm. I haven't worked with much elm, but the pieces I did use were a lot less heavily pored as compared to ash.

[Warnz]

Originally Posted by Davecam48

I think it definitely looks like guitar wood!

Yep, that's the stuff

[tedro]

Originally Posted by Keyser Soze

The bark doesn't look like ash to me - ash has those repeating patterns where the ridges come together to form 'V' shapes. It does look a bit more like elm. I haven't worked with much elm, but the pieces I did use were a lot less heavily pored as compared to ash.

yah, sorta like oak? or walnut.
(use google images)

[Codger]

Can you get a shot of the surface of the board? From the end grain you can see there are no rays, so it’s not an oak. It is ring porous so it’s not a maple. It’s not walnut. The grain of elms have sort of a feathery look. The grain of white ash looks like baseball bats did before they went “Ping”.

['59_Standard]

I'll guess its a Cherry.

[guitarbuilder]

http://www.hobbithouseinc.com/person...h,%20white.htm

[czook]

Bark is not right for most of the guesses so far.

My guess is it is a variety of Cottonwood/Poplar. Probably Populus deltoides.