Olive wood for mandolin body?

[Sheila Lagrand]

Maybe not for fruit salad, but mesquite makes a kick a$$ D28!

Ease my ignorance, please: What's a D28?

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Holly cornucopia! I’m guessing you like fruit salad?
Sounds delicious!...except for the mesquite, unless you’re smoking meats.

I like growing things--especially here in the desert, where "nothing grows."

[Louise NM]

It's a size of dreadnought guitar, Sheila.

[Louise NM]

Anyone know whether Russian olive might work assuming one can find the appropriate size and grain? They are cutting a shyteload of it around here. Its invasive. Looks like heartwood could be a nice dark color but most pieces are small.

Russian olive is rampant in my area. I've never heard of anyone using the wood for anything other than a fire. Northern New Mexico is the sort of place where if something has any use at all, someone is using for something. I have also never seen a Russian olive tree get very big.