Sepele

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Chardo
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Sepele

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What about Sepele for guitar building? Or as a substitute for mahogany.
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Kevin Sjostrand
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Re: Sepele

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Chardo, in my opinion Sapele makes a wonderful guitar. The pictures is of an OM sized crossover I made that takes nylon strings.
It is beautiful under the french polish and sounds great.
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johnnparchem
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Re: Sepele

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You can find some nice quilted Sepele, way cheaper than quilted mahogany.
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I agree with Kevin and John; sapele looks good and is a nice wood to work. I think I paid about $15 a set for this...
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Chardo
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Re: Sepele

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Wow! thats beautiful. Where dd you get your sets?
I have quite a bit of scrap from a job. some 4\4 and 5\4 but nothing big enough for a back. May a three piece back.
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Kevin Sjostrand
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Re: Sepele

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I cut my sets from a nice quarter sawn billet I think I got 5 sets and paid $150 for the billet.
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