James Edwards
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http://www.nashvillepost.com/news/2009/11/17/gibson_guitars_raided_by_fbi
how's THAT for high dollar wood....
how's THAT for high dollar wood....
my hardwood supplier showed me some realy highly figured maple. The stuff was Pheoniminal. He called it instrument grade. He sells it to a guitar manufacturer for $50 bd.ft.
It's $5K per cubic meter, but that's still some pricey stuff.I have some of that,Don... but it's not as rich as $5K a square meter !!!!
1 cu. meter = 35.314 cu. ft.
35.314 cu. in. = 61022.592 cu. in.
61022.592 cu. in. = 423.768 bd.ft.
$5000/423.768 = $11.798908
Call it 11.80 / bd.ft.
The quilted maple is more expensive.
1 cu. meter = 35.314 cu. ft.
35.314 cu. in. = 61022.592 cu. in.
61022.592 cu. in. = 423.768 bd.ft.
$5000/423.768 = $11.798908
Call it 11.80 / bd.ft.
The quilted maple is more expensive.
When I first bought my Terrco duplicator and thought I was going into the custom gunstock duplicating business, I found a California supplier of fancy woods with some real high dollar stuff. He sold Turkish flame walnut, often as high as $7500.00 for a single rifle or shotgun blank. Dunno if I would have had the boys to take the risk with a job like that.
I could compare those prices to the ones we get here but the conversion from board foot to cubic meter still eludes me.
I could compare those prices to the ones we get here but the conversion from board foot to cubic meter still eludes me.
Besides I do not know there but here depending on the thickness of the board it is cheaper or more expensive depending on the wood type.
looks like it is time to start growin rosewood over here to save on the shipping costs we got alot of wet weather down near new olreans and got a few acres of ground that is well suited for tree growin