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estebanana

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Got Wood? Wood and the Future.

How about putting the wood discussions here instead of on the Share Your Creations thread?

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REPORT THIS POST AS INAPPROPRIATE | Date Oct. 8 2013 12:04:13

gerundino63

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RE: Got Wood? Tone wood and the Future. (in reply to estebanana)

Hi Stephen,

Are you aware your website link does not work?

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REPORT THIS POST AS INAPPROPRIATE | Date Oct. 8 2013 12:15:30

estebanana

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RE: Got Wood? Tone wood and the Future. (in reply to estebanana)

Yes it's down temporarily. Yuko is working in it, but we are 16 hours ahead of California and just about to retire until tomorrow. I think it will be fine by tomorrow afternoon Japan time.

I sure appreciate you letting me know, I hope when we get it back up you'll have a look.

( Actually we are playing with our new cat and and drinking shochu, but it's 10 pm here and the work day is over.)

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REPORT THIS POST AS INAPPROPRIATE | Date Oct. 8 2013 12:50:06

keith

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REPORT THIS POST AS INAPPROPRIATE | Date Oct. 8 2013 13:18:00

Morante

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RE: Got Wood? Tone wood and the Future. (in reply to estebanana)

quote:

( Actually we are playing with our new cat and and drinking shochu, but it's 10 pm here and the work day is over.)

¿Joder! Real life

REPORT THIS POST AS INAPPROPRIATE | Date Oct. 8 2013 15:11:57

Ricardo

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From: Washington DC

RE: Got Wood? Tone wood and the Future. (in reply to estebanana)

This guitar is built by my american friend MAX BISHOP. He has been taking the curso in sanlucar with Gerardo longer than me, so I know him a long time. I was impressed by the tone of this guitar because even though the wood looks like "negra" wood, it's very "blanca" sounding. Very dry and focused mid range, very light weight, very percussive. If I was blind folded I would have thought it's cypress. He told me this wood, AUSTRALIAN BLACKWOOD, has the same density as cypress, which is why it sounds that way. I have commissioned him to build me a good ol cypress guitar and will compare to this one. Might have to buy this one after I get used to it.

The wood looks like flame silky stripes like maple almost, but it's dark colored. Anybody else try this wood on a flamenco guitar?

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REPORT THIS POST AS INAPPROPRIATE | Date Oct. 8 2013 16:47:22

estebanana

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RE: Got Wood? Tone wood and the Future. (in reply to estebanana)

Yeah you can buy that, after you send it to get it spayed Traffic Cone Orange----hahahahahahaha

All jokes aside, that is nice wood. It's like Black Acacia in the US. I've built with it and it's one of my favorite woods to use. Also you don't have to be in the NSA to buy or sell it.

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REPORT THIS POST AS INAPPROPRIATE | Date Oct. 8 2013 17:51:08

tijeretamiel

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RE: Got Wood? Tone wood and the Future. (in reply to estebanana)

The Australian Blackwood guitar sounds very nice indeed. ABW is a acacia, the same family as Koa. I've heard some say ABW is as good if not better than Koa. I'm not surprise ABW makes a great flamenco guitar! It's one of the tonewoods I'd go for if I was thinking if I commissioned a guitar;

Has anyone ever here played a guitar made from Yew? I've played a few steel string guitars which were as light as a feather. I think it'd make a amazing flamenco guitar. In the UK Yew is pretty cheap too.

Has anyone ever played a Walnut flamenca?

I've come across a few steel strung guitars made from Higuerilla which sounded amazing, I reckon that'd made a amazing negra. It's a largely FSC tonewood from Peru.

Apologies for jumping from one tonewood to another!

REPORT THIS POST AS INAPPROPRIATE | Date Oct. 8 2013 18:48:31

gerundino63

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RE: Got Wood? Tone wood and the Future. (in reply to estebanana)

@stephen,

Your website is in he air again.!
Very nice, looks professional.
Your guitars looks and sounds very good too!

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REPORT THIS POST AS INAPPROPRIATE | Date Oct. 8 2013 18:52:49

C. Vega

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RE: Got Wood? Tone wood and the Future. (in reply to estebanana)

I've never seen a tonewood tree.

REPORT THIS POST AS INAPPROPRIATE | Date Oct. 8 2013 19:19:15

aarongreen

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RE: Got Wood? Tone wood and the Future. (in reply to estebanana)

Thats cause you didn't tap it.

REPORT THIS POST AS INAPPROPRIATE | Date Oct. 8 2013 19:21:23

C. Vega

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RE: Got Wood? Tone wood and the Future. (in reply to estebanana)

REPORT THIS POST AS INAPPROPRIATE | Date Oct. 8 2013 19:26:01

estebanana

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RE: Got Wood? Tone wood and the Future. (in reply to C. Vega)

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I've never seen a tonewood tree.

That's because they only grow in the courtyard of the Emperador Hotel.

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REPORT THIS POST AS INAPPROPRIATE | Date Oct. 8 2013 19:29:15

n85ae

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RE: Got Wood? Tone wood and the Future. (in reply to C. Vega)

There are several growing on the internet ...

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I've never seen a tonewood tree.

REPORT THIS POST AS INAPPROPRIATE | Date Oct. 8 2013 20:11:17

estebanana

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RE: Got Wood? Wood and the Future. (in reply to estebanana)

Here is the guy I was mentioning RE: Brazil

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chico_Mendes

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REPORT THIS POST AS INAPPROPRIATE | Date Oct. 9 2013 1:28:53