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Author Message longhorncat Advanced Member Username: longhorncat Post Number: 295 Registered: 8-2005 Posted on Tuesday, March 03, 2009 - 9:07 am:    I found a sweet playing Elan, but the dark top wood is a mystery to me. It's colored like Cocobolo, but the grain is too straight & choppy. (Message edited by longhorncat on March 03, 2009) adriaan Senior Member Username: adriaan Post Number: 2125 Registered: 6-2002 Posted on Tuesday, March 03, 2009 - 9:28 am:    Straight-grained coco bolo can be seen on the Coco Bolo Fantasy Featured Custom. longhorncat Advanced Member Username: longhorncat Post Number: 296 Registered: 8-2005 Posted on Tuesday, March 03, 2009 - 11:16 am:    I took a few pics longhorncat Advanced Member Username: longhorncat Post Number: 297 Registered: 8-2005 Posted on Tuesday, March 03, 2009 - 11:17 am:    And these: davehouck Moderator Username: davehouck Post Number: 7676 Registered: 5-2002 Posted on Tuesday, March 03, 2009 - 12:03 pm:    The coloring looks like Coco Bolo to me too. Another possibility might be Bubinga. longhorncat Advanced Member Username: longhorncat Post Number: 298 Registered: 8-2005 Posted on Tuesday, March 03, 2009 - 12:11 pm:    Could it be Vermilion? I don't think it's Bubinga. It doesn't have the signature splotchiness like my old Vector Persuader: (Message edited by longhorncat on March 05, 2009) funkyjazzjunky Advanced Member Username: funkyjazzjunky Post Number: 375 Registered: 5-2007 Posted on Wednesday, March 04, 2009 - 2:10 pm:    Looks like Vermillion/Padauk to me pas Intermediate Member Username: pas Post Number: 167 Registered: 3-2003 Posted on Thursday, March 05, 2009 - 3:35 pm:    Bubinga - no question. mica Moderator Username: mica Post Number: 5933 Registered: 6-2000 Posted on Thursday, March 05, 2009 - 5:55 pm:    Curiosity made me pull this file ahead of others that have been waiting much longer (sorry! I am working on requests almost every day now). It is settled. top: Vermilion accent: none body: Maple neck: 3-piece Maple scale: long - 34" fingerboard: Ebony, classic taper inlays: Pearloid (plastic) birthday: not recorded, likely late August 1989 originally made for: Arnold Williams Music And now you know. longhorncat Advanced Member Username: longhorncat Post Number: 299 Registered: 8-2005 Posted on Thursday, March 05, 2009 - 6:54 pm:    Yeah! Thank you very much Mica.