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Originally Posted by ruby50

I have limited experience but am amazed at the tap of Osage Orange. It sounds like a piece of of steel. It is that bright yellow when fresh, but inside of a year it is toned down to a lovely honey color. I have built 2 in this wood and had no trouble finding good stuff. Here is a 13" guitar freshly sanded and finished, with a mahogany neck:

https://www.flickr.com/photos/ruby16...7641029319394/

And less than a year later:

https://www.flickr.com/photos/ruby16...7641029319394/

And here is the biggest Osage Orange tree I have seen - I am 6'2" and I figure it is well over 100 feet tall:

https://www.flickr.com/photos/ruby16...7641029319394/

Click left and right. Sure wish I could figure out how to post pictures on this site.

Ed

Wow those before and after pics really show a difference.

There's some big OO tree's here in Virginia and I have a local tree worker on the look out for me, among other woods.