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Old 01-17-2008, 11:10 AM
Freeman Freeman is offline
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"select hardwood" is Spanish cedar and is being used on more Martins as mahogany is becoming scarcer. I believe it was used on some of the really prized old prewar Marties and gets discussed a lot at UMGF

http://p072.ezboard.com/ftheunoffici...picID=50.topic

The way Martin cuts a complete neck out of one piece of wood is fairly wasteful - you are going to see more wings and laminated necks as other manufacturers are doing (again, in the 20's and 30's some Martins had a separate piece for the headstock - that is the origin of the volute).
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