I have had these two huge mango slabs sitting around for over a year, so figured it was time to chop them up and see what was inside of them.
![Image](http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v68/whitespruce/guitars/mangoslab1.jpg)
![Image](http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v68/whitespruce/guitars/mangoslab2.jpg)
![Image](http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v68/whitespruce/guitars/mangoslab3.jpg)
These are consecutive cut slabs all the way through the log and are about 26 to 28" wide and about 9 feet long. Somewhere around 2 1/2" thick.
Now this is not at all like the lighter curly mango I got a few years back. This is more straight grained and has a nice browner heartwood. And a bit denser than the curly mango, more like dense koa.
I will be getting some more photos up as I proceed. The top for this is the one that I did in my "bracing pattern" thread. White spruce, looks like this:
![Image](http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v68/whitespruce/guitars/brlayouttop.jpg)
I have the sides bent, but need to take a photo.
![Image](http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v68/whitespruce/guitars/bigmangoback1.jpg)
Here is the joined back.
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