A Greg Fryer Ian Moss model Fender Stratocaster electric guitar, Australian made, serial number 1, high gloss black polyurethane finish, solid Alder body, Rock maple neck with rosewood fingerboard and Pearloid dot inlays, medium jumbo frets, locking nut, Floyd Rose locking tremolo, multiply white pickguard, three single coil pickups, one volume control, two tone controls, five-way pickup selector switch, six vintage 'Kluson style' machine heads, black Tolex case with black carpeted interior, acquired on 9 April 1990, I had this instrument made by the guy that made a lot of Ian Moss's [Cold Chisel] guitars for him. Always loved Mossy's sound so, had to have it.' Kirk Pengilly. Provenance: Private Collection of Mr Kirk Pengilly, Sydney, acquired 9 April 1990
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- Rosewood - A dense timber that varies in shade to very light brown to almost black. When rosewood is cut and sanded the colour of the timber will turn black, and after polishing and exposure to daylight, the surface will gradually lighten over time to light brown with black streaks.
The name comes from the odour emanating from the timber when it is planed, sanded or cut.
Rosewood was very popular for use in Victorian furniture in the second half of the 19th century, and at that time most of the rosewood was imported from Brazil. However it also grows in India and Indonesia.
It is used in the sold for chairs and table legs, but for carcase furniture such as side cabinets and bookcases, and for table tops it is always used as a veneer.
- Maple - Maple, native to North America, is a dense heavy timber from light to yellow-brown in colour. It has very little distincive graining unless it is one of the variants such as birds-eye maple or burr maple, so was not used extensively for furniture in 18th and 19th century, where cabinetmakers and designers preferred timbers with more distinctive features such as mahogany, walnut, rosewood and oak.
Birds-eye maple has a seres of small spots linked by undulating lines in the grain, is highly sough and is used as a decorative veneer. Burr maple has larger and irregular grain swirls than birds-eye maple.
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