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04-15-2010, 01:34 PM

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Actually, Bamboo is a grass, not a wood. A few years back, Yamaha did some experimenting using Bamboo in a model of acoustic guitars, however, it was not very successful.

This would not be my choice in a "tonewood".

That's some good sounding "tonegrass"/

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That's some good sounding "tonegrass"/

LOL. Methinks perhaps some "other" grass is being imbibed in.

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