any idea's on wood used on my recent pawn shop find.........

Keira-WitherKay · 2010-04-30T09:44:36+00:00

yesterday i saw Bob at hospital where i teach vincent , and i was wingeing to him that i won't be buying the murray kuun guitar cos i find the action way too higfh still......... and nothing short of major work can alter it........... then on my way back to northcliff i stopped off at campus square mall's cash crusaders .....and then almost like it was sent to brighten my day after deciding to leave the murray kuun guitar i find and old obviously 2nd hand spanish made nylon ..bought it on the spot ......... yeah then i was round at Bob's place in the afternoon and we tried to see what this guitar was about .......... it's an odd instrument ...... the label says nothing more that "Menina BM" and "made in spain" my 1st reaction was that it was a cheap mass produced model but it was cheap and had a huge warm sound (which i like) so i bought it .expecting to find a laminated guitar ......... odd thing is i took a nail file and scraped a section of wood clear inside the soundhole ...where one ussually clearly see's the laminate clear of any laquer /polish and to our amazement it seems it's a solid top....definitely not a laminate .... the red colour and grain looks very much like cedar but Bob thought it might be spruce cos the section i cleaned was very light/white in colour but to counter that i was later at Aja's house and he has a cedar top guitar which is very light ............ so help over this one if anyone has comment ........ also the idea of the guitar being a total cheapie was thrown by the fact that it has a light wood binding/inlay right around the top and back ..not plastic or just a black painted on line like most cheap guitars ......... so i reckon it was made with some effort ...... next Bob says the neck is mahogany for sure ..but we can't decide on the back and sides......... but Bob thought it was a solid back and sides....... i'll post picks if anyone wants to comment and lastly it has an odd neck joint ....(see photo) where there's a heel inside the guitar running along the back ............ my other classicals definitely do not have this.......... anyway so a mystical instrument and even more so when i googled it i only got 1 other hit someone who was selling one who said it was circa 1980 but no info to woods ect ....... so amazingly this is an informationless guitar ........ however it plays great has a fat wide neck which i love......... and a warm fat sound............ so this morning i changed the machine heads for a top line set machine heads and lowered the action and restrung it and it sounds and feels great ........all for R600 damn i love pawn shops........ but i'm keen to find out more not that it really matters cos the instrument sounds fabulous......... below are some pics....... the label the close up of the wood binding around the top and back .also a look at the wood on the sides...the back is same wood ...any idea's what it is ? a view of the back ..it's same wood as sides .... full view of the back and the mystery wood a look at the wierd heel inside the guitar that is part of the neck joint and runs to 1st brace along the back thanks for the anticipated input ........ and yeah seems the pawn shop trawling is paying off.......... yet again ........

Bob-Dubery

There's an urban legend about some corporation building a town called Sheffield and making "Sheffield steel" there.

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