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Compared to my Cali, my '94 T-51 sometimes feels like it could anchor the Queen Mary down. I guess when Hamer advertised these as "southern ash" they were making reference to geographic origin and not the part of the tree, because I think many people are (intentionally?) misled to believe that "southern ash" is equivalent to 'swamp ash' (ya know, the submerged-under-water part of the tree that allegedly results in considerably lighter wood). From what I've read, others also seem to have Les Paul-heavy T-51s, and yet others will have extremely light examples. What gives? Why was Hamer inconsistent about the choice of ash wood? For the record, my T-51 has killer tone, and I'm perfectly happy with the guitar. But I was curious as to the choice of ash used.
