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A quite unusual and rare wood in back and set size persimmon, diospyros virginana. Backs irregularly shaped, just about 8.1 wide at lower bout, 22 long sanded to about 0.165 thick Sides, 32 long, 5 to 4 wide(need trim) sanded to approximately .0.110 thick. A few saw still marks present. Back plates have some defects outside pattern. , color perhaps reminds one of myrtle? some curl
In 8th pic, you can see 2 small defects on edge of sides that may require attention, but they are likely cut off by the binding. In last photo you can see age related discoloration on reverse of one side, will be inside body.
Also note the black areas near center are not symmetrical even though very little material was cut away for the bookmatch. I suspect these to be some sort of spalt type spot, but I cannot feels any softness to wood here. You might want to flood with ca glue(4th pic)
A rare wood in guitar back width size with curl!
Persimmon is a member of the ebony family, also called white ebony, with a janka hardness of 2300 and density of 52lbs per cubic foot. Persimmon is almost all lighter colored sapwood. the only black that can be seen in this is around the tiny pin knots and the the larger open knots outside the pattern at top and bottom, I know little about this wood other than it was once used for wooden golf club heads. I have never seen any for sale or owned any persimmon wood, but when I saw this was curly and wide enough for guitars, I decided to take the chance. While the janka and density of this wood is reminscent of a rosewood, I do not think its tap is bright like a rosewood, but more woody like a walnut. So I would say rather than bell-like it is sort of gong like in tap, probably due to its excellent sustain when I tap, I personally think this is due to the nice curl combined with the density. The wood is supposed to darken with time, but I do not know this for certain as I have never owned a piece. I think it might look nice dyed darker, myself. I have read this wood was used by some as fingerboards when dyed black. This came from upper PA.
I took first photo with flash since its hard to see curl in my other photos.
The edges are rough/have not been jointed. Some defects outside pattern. I have just left the plates as large as possible
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