guitarguy

So I picked up a guitar at a rummage sale this weekend. The guy was asking $40, I talked him down to $30. A guitar for $30, can you say AWESOME??? Anyway, I've been trying to figure out exactly what I bought. I was told from a very reliable source that the body and neck were crafted from "nada" now I've never heard of this wood before, I'm not even sure I'm spelling it right, haha. The guy pronounced it (nA-duh) like "name".

As I understand it, names for wood can be somewhat ambiguous with common names and all, but I was hoping to find out what the heck my guitar is made of, what is "nada" what is it similar to? It's covered with a solid black finish but what might it look like?

Thanks in advance for any comments.

-Scott

Daren

Never heard of nada wood...except in Spanish (translated :a quantity of no importance, nothing) or slang (example: That's nada knife, this is a knife). I may just learn something here if nada wood is real.

Could it be narra wood ? It is used in instrument making...but awful pretty so I don't see why it would be covered over with a black finish.

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Gene Howe

It's nada wood.....it's da plastic stuff.

guitarguy

Uhh, possibly ya. I'll have to check my voicemail one more time and listen more carefully.

Ya i searched it on google. nada.

I cannot imagine how this could possibly help but here she is:

http://reranch.com/reranch/viewtopic...=339069#339069

There's really nothing wrong with it, but I was considering a refin. If I strip that ugly poly off and find narra... cool, very cool

guitarguy

alright, pretty sure it's nyatoh (nay-doh)

i mis heard it as (nay-duh)

thanks anyway. i'll definitely be lurking here for a long while now.

John in Tennessee

How do it sound and play? Then we can replace the nada wood with duct tape

phinds

Unfortunately, knowing that it is nyatoh is not much help. I can name you at least 15 distinct species of wood all of which share that as a common name and taken together they have over 400 common names among them. It's a mess.

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TexasTimbers

Sounds worse than "Ironwood". Try convincing an old timer who has never left his particular county, that his "ironwood" is only one among hundreds of other ironwoods on the planet.

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slabmaster

I build guitars from the timber i mill.That way i know what wood is there.Here's the last one i made.

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