I recently bought a huge and heavy length of 8/4 "Douglas fir" at my lumber yard for a project and ended up with a LOT left over. I always have trouble with the Cafe's search feature, but I did find this thread: https://mandolincafe.com/forum/threa...ir-as-tonewood ... I couldn't find a definitive answer as to whether or not Doug Fir was a suitable tonewood. I am primarily interested in resawing it for flat top instruments.
The above thread talked about a lot of other kinds of Firs, but I didn't see a ye or nay on Doug Fir.
What I have has a really nice even grain, DEFINITELY quarter sawn and heavy as a ton of bricks (but that might be because its 2' thick 8' wide and about 9 or 10 feet long).
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