GAS Alert!!!!

[rapfohl09]

I've heard that Cocobolo is not that great of a tone wood.  Have I heard wrong?  It is beautiful looking though.

Most "tone woods" are really only thought of as such when used for acoustics. Species has a lot less to do with tone on electrics. Not that it has no effect, it's just not as pronounced as many give it credit for.

In any event, it's not that cocobolo doesn't make a good tone wood, it's just a bitch to work with. Like many exotic hardwoods, it's very hard, so rather than sawdust, it makes saw powder. Makes it float in the air rather than settle and makes it hard to filter, so you end up breathing a lot of it and it even gets your eyes and in the pores of your skin

This is bad because another quality of many "exotic" woods is that due to their either long or non-stop growing seasons, they tend to have built-in natural insecticides, which many people are allergic to. So, you have bad reactions to the dust. Also, rather than be wet like pine or maple, they tend to be oily, which makes it difficult to glue or finish.

As it all works out, you end up with a really pretty wood that doesn't want to be messed with.

+1 on the toxicity of cocobolo. It's an especially nasty one. I have heard stories of people not wearing masks/eye protection and having an unknown allergy. Their entire face swelled about twice it's size for about 3 days because the aforementioned powder gets EVERYWHERE! In their eyes, nose, mouth, ears, you name it. Its nasty stuff.

 

[kboman]

That's why Warmoth has refused to work with cocobolo earlier. I guess there's a higher demand for it now with Big Name Brands putting out instruments with cocobolo. Too bad, it's an endangered species :-\

 

[hannaugh]

Time for Warmoth to invest in some of these:

 

[Wana_make_a_guitar]

Time for Warmoth to invest in some of these:

and gaff tape

 

[OzziePete]

Time for Warmoth to invest in some of these:

PPE is mighty uncomfortable to wear all day, and you would have to rotate the workers so they could get out of the gear and breathe fresh air normally.....Lots of extra expenditure in buying the filters and making sure everything is in good shape too.

 

[DangerousR6]

Time for Warmoth to invest in some of these:

PPE is mighty uncomfortable to wear all day, and you would have to rotate the workers so they could get out of the gear and breathe fresh air normally.....Lots of extra expenditure in buying the filters and making sure everything is in good shape too.

Yes, but the employee's safety it more important than cost of said PPE...

 

[hannaugh]

Yes, and getting the wood we want is more important than anything else.  :laughing7:

 

[pabloman]

That made me blush arty07:

 

[CrackedPepper]

Can you have an allergic reaction to simply handling the wood?  As in having a cocobolo-based guitar/neck in your hand for several hours per day?

 

[bagman67]

Can you have an allergic reaction to simply handling the wood? 

As I've had to explain to more than one woman, NO.

 

[rapfohl09]

Can you have an allergic reaction to simply handling the wood? 

As I've had to explain to more than one woman, NO.

:laughing7: :laughing11:

 

[Cagey]

Can you have an allergic reaction to simply handling the wood?  As in having a cocobolo-based guitar/neck in your hand for several hours per day?

The direct answer is "yes", but generally speaking, no. Breathing the dust, getting it into mucous membranes or open wounds will cause the most reaction, if you're going to have one. Simple contact will do it, but you don't see that nearly as often. Even with the dust, only 5% to 7% of people exposed to it develop an allergy.

About the 4th post down at this thread will tell you more about the whole subject than you probably want to know.

 

[Death by Uberschall]

Can you have an allergic reaction to simply handling the wood? 

As I've had to explain to more than one woman, NO.

:toothy12: :toothy12: :toothy12: :toothy12: :toothy12:

 

[crash]

If there was an explorer made of black korina like this, It would be on its way to my house right now.

 

[hannaugh]

How did I miss that one??  Good lord, that is nice.  I wish it was a Tele though.

 

[Disco Scottie]

Really cool grain pattern here

 

[Cletus]

If there was an explorer made of black korina like this, It would be on its way to my house right now.

Why did they waste that on a strat. Shooting offense imo

 

[OzziePete]

If there was an explorer made of black korina like this, It would be on its way to my house right now.

Why did they waste that on a strat. Shooting offense imo

Er, because more people like Strats than Explorers?

 

[Cletus]

If there was an explorer made of black korina like this, It would be on its way to my house right now.

Why did they waste that on a strat. Shooting offense imo

Er, because more people like Strats than Explorers?

Well there's what's wrong with the world these days.

This:

against this:

Unless Strats are burnt like witches, evil will continue.

 

[jay4321]

I like metal and I like Strats, but he has a point. Not every nice piece of BK needs to get made into a Strat... but I guess if that's what sells

Seems like we've seen a fair number of those though. I'd need to buy like 10 more guitars to add any more Strats (I'm about to be one heavy as is). But most of the time I see a really nice BK top with the orange in it, it's a Strat. I recall VA had a nice LP and I think there was a VIP in dragonburst that looked really good too but I can't remember any others