Mahogany Mustang possibly

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Mahogany Mustang possibly

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For those of you who are looking for a mustang body for a project I think this might be one of those rare mahogany bodies:

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edit: The guy says its alder but I'm not convinced.
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Looks shit. What the fuck shape is that?
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thats alder, its just really dirty.
the grain is too alder(ee) looking for mohogany and i don't see any real pores or anything, but i could be wrong.
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I'd say stained alder.
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Damn you, rob.
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robert(original) wrote:thats alder, its just really dirty.
the grain is too alder(ee) looking for mohogany and i don't see any real pores or anything, but i could be wrong.
Ah, that makes sense. Thanks for the expertise.
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