[Voyager]

I thought at first it was Japanese Tamo, but it's too perfectly figured I think.

 

[cabinetman]

I looked in the "Introduction" section, and couldn't find even a brief summary. If you filled out your profile, or even your location, that would be nice.

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[phinds]

I am EXTREMELY dubious that it is any solid wood at all. Looks like some kind of artificial construct. Do you have any better pics?

 

[Voyager]

http://shoppingcart.djangobooks.com/Item/busato-oval-hole-grand-modele-4 this is a link to the person selling this guitar. I've seen one by the same luthier with similar wood. This guitar is an authentic 1940s original so it's 100% doubtful the wood is artificial.

 

[bzguy]

The exact same guitar is pictured on this link, click on picture of back, identical and according to them, real wood.
http://shoppingcart.djangobooks.com/Item/busato-oval-hole-grand-modele-4



excerpt from the link.......
A one-of-a-kind example, this exceptionally rare Busato features highly figured solid back and sides which are not easily identified. It could be cypress, Japanese tamo, ash, or a rare form of maple grown in the San Juan Islands of Washington State.

 

[BZawat]

What about a rotary cut veneer from a smaller figured branch? Would that produce a grain pattern that sort of repeats like that? Maybe I'm using the wrong term...

 

[Voyager]

All I know is this guitar maker was either a genius with woodworking and/or had really good eyes and luck for finding wood like that.

 

[bzguy]

I worked in a sawmill as a kid, amazing what mother nature can do.
More a matter of patience and luck than genius, luthier didn't make the pattern, it grew that way.

 

[Acercanto]

I read about people growing trees way back when and tying cords around the trunk to induce certain grain patterns. Might be an example of that?? Either way, really pretty.

Acer

 

[Brian T.]

I know what end grain cutting boards look like. Pooh on them.