What type of Wood and Categaory is AGATHIS

[viva_360]

Hi guys got this question i wanted to ask. What type of Wood and Categaory is AGATHIS? Alot of guitar companies are using it ... such as ESP and BC rich.

I need to know about this as type of wood it is and what is it like? such as Alder or some other wood because i want to get passive pickups for my new guitar. I have EMGs on my old Jackson and want a tone change.


Cheers and thanks in Advance! :Smokin:

 

[97reb]

From what I can tell from Google searches, Agathis is close to Mahagony.

 

[Thidrek]

The genus Agathis, commonly known as kauri or dammar, forms a relatively small group of 21 species of evergreen trees in the family Araucariaceae, characteristically with very large trunks and little or no branching for some way up. Young trees are normally conical in shape, only upon maturity does the crown become more rounded or irregularly shaped.

The bark is smooth and light grey to grey-brown usually peeling into irregular flakes that become thicker on more mature trees. The branch structure is often horizontal or when larger, becoming more ascending. The lowest branches often leave circular branch scars as they fall off from the lower trunk.

The juvenile leaves in all species are larger than the adult, more or less acute, varying among the species from ovate to lanceolate. Adult leaves are opposite, elliptical to linear, and very leathery and quite thick. Young leaves are often a coppery-red, contrasting markedly with the usually green or glaucous-green foliage of the previous season.

The male pollen cones appear usually only on larger trees after seed cones have appeared. The female seed cones usually develop on short lateral branchlets, maturing after two years. They are normally oval or globe shaped.

The trees are the source of Dammar Gum.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Agathis


Could be interesting.

 

[Helspyre]

I wasted my money a few years ago on a Warlock made of agathis. It was complete crap. With the same pickups and rig set-up it sounded like cardboard compared to my Mahogany guitars. In my opinion, agathis bodies should be avoided.