Snakewood

Overview Snakewood Not Figured Electric Guitar Fingerboard: The Snakewood Not Figured Electric Guitar Fingerboard is made with one of the densest woods known: snakewood, also known as amourette. This wood from the northern coast of South America, in the Caribbean and the Antilles, has an exceptional hardness and luster, which makes it simply perfect for...
Overview Snakewood Figured Electric Guitar Fingerboard: The Snakewood Figured Electric Guitar Fingerboard is made with one of the densest woods known: snakewood, also known as amourette. This wood from the northern coast of South America, in the Caribbean and the Antilles, has an exceptional hardness and luster, which makes it simply perfect for use in...
Overview Snakewood Figured Electric Guitar Fingerboard: The Snakewood Figured Electric Guitar Fingerboard is made with one of the densest woods known: snakewood, also known as amourette. This wood from the northern coast of South America, in the Caribbean and the Antilles, has an exceptional hardness and luster, which makes it simply perfect for use in...

BOTANIC NAME: Piratinera Guianensis

COMMOM NAMES: Snakewood, Amourette.

ORIGIN:  South America

DESCRIPTION:  Density 1210 Kg/m3. Reddish brown, with contrasting darker brown or black patches. Colour tends to darken and homogenize with age. Grain is straight, with a fine even texture. High natural luster.

RECOMMENDATIONS: Snakewood is extremely dense, and has a pronounced blunting effect on cutters. Snakewood also tends to be quite brittle and can splinter easily while being worked. Turns well and finishes to a high polish.

DRYING: Drying speed is slow. Risk of deformation.

USES: Inlay, veneer, violin bows, tool handles, and other small turned or specialty objects.

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