Guess the wood win a prize!!

[Marion Morrison]

This is a picture of my new L250s (Ti conversion) The available veneer options were Walnut, Rosewood & WhiteOak. ( yes I looked in the library thats how I know the options) I am not a woody kind of person so I hope we have an expert out there to advise. Oh and the prize is some brownies I just baked! No not that kind of brownie The normal fudge kind. All suggestions will be appreciated. Prize must be pick up in person as brownies do not mail well.

Cheers!

[Robh3606]

Sure looks like Oak to me.

Rob

PS Put the brownies in a tin

[MikeBrewster77]

I once played the "guess the wood" game, and ..... well, nevermind the specifics.

But I do like brownies!!!!

[Marion Morrison]

Sure looks like Oak to me.

Rob

PS Put the brownies in a tin

Walnut is more knotty....right.......??? So I was thinking either Oak or Rosewood but I am far from an expert.

Yea about the brownies, they are good....sorry no shipping. For Liability reasons my lawyer has advised not to ship them.

[Robh3606]

So I was thinking either Oak or Rosewood but I am far from an expert.

I am not either but I have both red and white Oak floors in my house. It sure looks like my floor.

Rob

[Marion Morrison]

I am not either but I have both red and white Oak floors in my house. It sure looks like my floor.

Rob

Yea I going to go with Oak for now. I google imaged rosewood and most of the pictures look nothing like my speaker wood. I originally thought teak but a little trip to the JBL Library solved that. And they look nothing like my teak 240ti's

Thanks for you help

I think I'll have another brownie

Why does the spellchecker hate JBL ???

[SEAWOLF97]

I have a solid white oak office chair (inventory sticker on the bottom said Hughes Aircraft Co. - looks like 1930's vintage) and it looks like your speaker....my red oak rolltop and drafting desks look different.

white oak is rare these days, its grain pattern is much tighter than red , most all oak you see is red oak now.

brownies do not mail well.

Cheers!

not really...had brownies mailed to me in Asia many times..

Are they Alice B. Toklas brownies ??

does anybody call you Duke ??

Marion Morrison (May 26, 1907 – June 11, 1979), born Marion Robert Morrison, better known by his stage name John Wayne,

[Marion Morrison]

Ok I am fairly confident these are possibly Oak. Funny thing though, I would swear the tweeter insert is a different hardwood. And a solid piece of hardwood. It is quite a bit darker and very hard, very very hard and tight grained. I guess it really doesn't matter at all what kind of wood it all is. It is very pretty wood though. But I will have to be able to tell people what kind of wood it is when they comment what freaking AWSOME speakers I have!!!

[eso]

It looks like walnut that has faded quite a bit, especially the tweeter ring or whatever that top portion is. The grain is too tight for an oak species.

I can't tell for sure through the photo and the internet, but of the choices offered I'd go with Walnut. Oh, and I made a living with fine hardwoods for quite a while.

my 2¢


eso

[Mr. Widget]

It looks like walnut that has faded quite a bit, especially the tweeter ring or whatever that top portion is. The grain is too tight for an oak species.

You are correct sir.

I am certain that isn't oak... and I'd bet $5 it is very faded or bleached walnut or possibly teak.

Oh, and I made a living with fine hardwoods for quite a while.

A couple of decades ago, I did too.


Widget

[Allanvh5150]

I would have to make it three for walnut.

[tom1356]

White Oak would have at least some Medullary rays or fleck.
It's Walnut.
Which is good...not a fan of Oak unless it's in a fire.

[Marion Morrison]

Looks like it's not resolved yet!! So 2 for Oak 4 for Walnut. If the veneer is always the same wood as the solid wood tweeter insert, then I would agree. That wood is very dark on the inside. (and have I mentioned how freakin hard that wood is!) If the veneer is walnut it has really really faded! The face, left, right and top are all pretty light colored. To get it to look like Walnut I will probably need to stain it. I'll see how many more votes i get for each.

Oh and thanks for the advise/opinions

[subwoof]

definitely walnut - and very bleached at that. I have made furniture with white oak ( and the very similar ash ) and the grain is very porous ( many fissures ).

Do the super fine sand and oil treatment and they will look like the factory sample finish again.

sub

ps - the insert is different because it's (A) not from the same tree, (B) not a thin sliced veneer and (C) cut at a different angle. And probably NOT the same species anyways.

[rdgrimes]

I vote for walnut. And get some padding on the work surface.

It will darken a LOT with finishing.