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FIDDLEBACK


fiddleback makore


nice fiddleback figure in koa, claro walnut, and English Sycamore (which is actually maple)


anigre and laurel --- anigre has a reliable and consistent fiddleback figure but it is not a very lively or particularly attractive version compared to many and I doubt it would ever actually be used on the back of a fiddle. The figure in laurel is so light as to be a joke, although it is technically a true "fiddleback" figure.


shedua, showing how fiddleback figure sometimes does not run the width of the board. It is arguable whether or not this is true fiddleback figure, but certainly for the width in which it exists it is.


ash, etimoe, and prima vera (none of these pictures have reliable color)