The story of Zebrawood almost exactly parrallels that of mahogany. Everyone in the production chain is African or Chinese.īut, to be clear, Zebrawood isn't zebrawood really. Remember, we're not discussing Western salaries here, you've got an African lumberjack and a Chinese guitar maker.

It's much easier and cheaper to just make a guitar out of zebra wood than it is to engineer something that looks like zebra wood. If it was stacked like a pancake, you'd see the ply on the rounded edges. If it were ply that had been vertically sandwiched, the grain would consist of perfectly straight lines. It's definitely not engineered Zebrawood, it's quarter sawn zebrawood (or zebrano). More pics (by request) and my cat (not by request): Oh, also, stained the wood with dark walnut Danish oil then about 7 coats of satin poly all over the body and neckĮdit: not sure why imgur marked it NSFW 😂 It's somewhat modeled after a Gibson Firebird. Less than 200 dollars later, I have a tele that plays like a dream. Had to send it away for an intense bit of fret levelling as the kit it came from was not nearly level and I don't have the tools to level more than a few frets. Was done on a budget so it has Squire Classic Vibe pickups, alpha 250k pots, orange drop cap, switchcraft switch and jack, fender vintage style tuners, all cloth wiring, ashtray style bridge with brass saddles, and tusq nut.

It's definitely engineered Zebrawood, but the grain pattern is solid all the way through so I know it's not like a really intense veneer.

Zebra wood guitar