That’s one valuable tree, hope it survives as long as possible.
beans-crow
Its a burl, they form in response to injury or stress
Mithril_Mercenary
OP, if you want the tree to survive, keep the location an ABSOLUTE SECRET! There are burl poachers who will gladly kill trees for that expensive & beautiful burl wood.
fat_slob_moderator
Burl Haggard
Theveryberrybest
Wood gold
Neither-Attention940
If this is your tree and it ever has to come down, save that part and it’ll sell for good money.
Stonesthrowfromhell
Looks like red maple
Forward_Relative_298
tumor, trees also have tumors
PtarThanes
It’s money. You found lots and lots of money.
MySomberSoul
Does anyone else see the face? It’s an ancestor. I want to hug it.
strumthebuilding
It’s a Killdozer album.
maesterjim
assuming that guitars are the true and only value for this, i’m curious how they process it to make it in to guitar wood, and what it is about it that makes it so treasured. anyone?
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It’s a burl.
Burl
Expensive ass wood for guitars.
https://redwoodburl.com/burl-wood/#:~:text=A%20burl%20is%20a%20growth,wood%2C%20creating%20even%20greater%20patterns.
That’s one valuable tree, hope it survives as long as possible.
Its a burl, they form in response to injury or stress
OP, if you want the tree to survive, keep the location an ABSOLUTE SECRET! There are burl poachers who will gladly kill trees for that expensive & beautiful burl wood.
Burl Haggard
Wood gold
If this is your tree and it ever has to come down, save that part and it’ll sell for good money.
Looks like red maple
tumor, trees also have tumors
It’s money. You found lots and lots of money.
Does anyone else see the face? It’s an ancestor. I want to hug it.
It’s a Killdozer album.
assuming that guitars are the true and only value for this, i’m curious how they process it to make it in to guitar wood, and what it is about it that makes it so treasured. anyone?