Gibson Les Paul SmartWood Studio

test1225008: #gibson_les_paul_smartwood_studio There are five different wood fascias used in the manufacture.

Composed of mahogany bodies with Curupay, Peroba, Banara, Ambay Guasu, Taperyva Guasu, and Chancharana. The fingerboards are made from Precosia wood. Early models had Smartwood script on the headstock, replaced later by a green leaf. Banara was the first to be eliminated from the product line. The name changed was to Gibson Exotics with Curapay, Ambay Guasu and Peroba most common. Apr 13, 10

hampsterharry: #gibson_les_paul_smartwood_studio I love these, I've played a few but am trying to locate a Banara smartwood, (I beleive they use Banaris Vanderbiliti, not what I've specified below,geographically disparate but similar species). At the same time, I've read that inadvertantly there were introduced some errors in counting the population of Banara wood available, and that's what lead to Gibson producing these particular instruments in such small qauntities. I've read some journals, they were available in much lower numbers, as few as six felled trees by one account, than any of the others. I guess that would make a Banara Smartwood Gibson among the rarest of all Les Paul guitars made.

The biomass of Banara guianensis and Lacistema pubescens at 15 months was calculated on the basis of species-specific regressions from shoot height/woodThe biomass of Banara guianensis and Lacistema pubescens at 15 months was calculated on the basis of species-specific regressions from shoot height/wood

Hope that helps. Jan 13, 10