Old Growth Khaya Mahogany – Sawn – Guitar Body – 50×400×600

Old-growth Khaya Mahogany guitar body blank. Mature-tree African mahogany — the genuine elite tier of the species, not the average mahogany you’d find on a typical merchant’s rack. Wide enough for a single-piece electric body. Limited parcel, ships Australia-wide while stocks last.

Old-growth Khaya Mahogany (Khaya spp.) at body-blank dimensions. This is not the everyday mahogany the trade has been running on for the last twenty years. It’s the genuine article: a mature-tree African mahogany with the density, interlocked grain, and ribbon figure that built the species’ reputation in fine guitar work decades before the commercial supply chain came to dominate.

The everyday mahogany you’ll find on most merchants’ racks is a perfectly capable working timber. This isn’t that. Old-growth Khaya is what we hold back for the build that has to be right. Denser, more figured, more predictable through the section. You can mill a 400mm-wide body blank straight from one of these because the tree was old enough to yield it — that section isn’t available from any contemporary commercial source.

Why Old-Growth Khaya

Old-growth Khaya carries the tonal character that anchored the set-neck electric tradition: warm fundamental, controlled sustain, no honk. The mass sits below maple and above basswood, which keeps the finished guitar comfortable across a full set. The ribbon stripe that reveals itself on the worked face is the visual signature the faster-grown commercial supply can’t reproduce — it comes from the slow growth that builds the alternating fibre direction in the first place. We held this parcel back because it can’t be sourced new at this grade. Dense, predictable, ready for the template.

Working Properties

• Hardness: Medium. Comfortable under sharp gouges and router bits. Holds clean cavity walls and detail around the binding ledge.
• Grain: Interlocked, with ribbon figure on worked faces. Read the grain before routing the edge for chip-out control.
• Machining: Routes cleanly with sharp carbide tooling and a two-flute upcut spiral. Glues well at the centre joint if you’re laminating to wider; finishes near-glassy with minimal grain fill.
• Surface: Supplied rough-sawn. Dress one face true before templating; acclimate the blank for two weeks in your workshop before routing.
• Finishing: Rustins Danish oil over a grain-fill builds a warm hand-rubbed result. Pore-fill and spray with nitro for the classic Les Paul Custom route.

Shipping & Pickup

Ships Australia-wide via Aramex freight. Pickup from our Mulgrave NSW location Mon–Fri 9am–4pm, Sat 9am–12pm. Freight quotes on multiple body blanks: call (02) 4577 5277 or email sales@trendtimbers.com.au.

Limited Stock, Once It’s Gone

Old-growth body blanks at this grade are not something we restock on demand. Fixed quantity from one lot, no reorders. Listed under From the Stacks. When the last piece goes, the listing closes.