Bubinga can be an amazingly wavy-figured exotic wood, sought by guitar makers and small box builders alike... often referred to as an African rosewood, although technically NOT from the rosewood family.

Machining - It handles in much the same way as with maple,but harder again and sometimes includes sap pockets that can cause localized glue up or finishing problems.

Colors - Can have mult-shaded, interlocking bands of color in various shades of red with distinct purple overtones, in the more exotic samples, and fine, linear grain with greater color consistency in the balance. Color does darken with age.

Janka Hardness Rating - 1980 (Whats This?)