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RE: Andaman Islands Padauk (in reply to estebanana)
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If a female were working my shop ( and I have worked in shops with women who did guitar repair work) and someone went on and on about guitars and female body parts I would tell them to stop doing it. If they did it twice I would tell them to leave. If a woman is reading this section it is the same as being in a guitar shop with a bunch of men.
I believe that's the same side of the coin. Your shop is still real world experience, not internet. People read what they want and participate where they feel like.
As a side remark, you make it sound like women hate sex/sex jokes. If it was true we wouldn't exist.
The members here are never explicit, it's all very light humour.. I find much more "offensive" the explicit political views that sometimes arise.. and what do I do?
1 - Don't care, it's not my business 2 - Close tab and read the next one
BTW, Iam not saying that you are wrong and Iam right. The point here is to make us understand each other's intentions better.
RE: Andaman Islands Padauk (in reply to Sr. Martins)
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If a female were working my shop ( and I have worked in shops with women who did guitar repair work) and someone went on and on about guitars and female body parts I would tell them to stop doing it. If they did it twice I would tell them to leave. If a woman is reading this section it is the same as being in a guitar shop with a bunch of men.
I believe that's the same side of the coin. Your shop is still real world experience, not internet. People read what they want and participate where they feel like.
As a side remark, you make it sound like women hate sex/sex jokes. If it was true we wouldn't exist.
The members here are never explicit, it's all very light humour.. I find much more "offensive" the explicit political views that sometimes arise.. and what do I do?
1 - Don't care, it's not my business 2 - Close tab and read the next one
BTW, Iam not saying that you are wrong and Iam right. The point here is to make us understand each other's intentions better.
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I show my guitars on this Foro in this section. I don't want my women friends who are dancers or female parter to come here to read how you guys sexualize guitars. It is offensive to me and I don't like it.
In my opinion, comparing the bi lateral symmetry of wood grain on the back of a guitar to a female sexual organs is beyond a joke. It's called SEXISM and you may not be sensitive t it, but others are. It IS WRONG! And I don't want my guitars associated with it. I don't l want my female friends or partner to have to see it if they are looking to see if I posted a tutorial about rosette making or I am showing a new guitar.
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RE: Andaman Islands Padauk (in reply to estebanana)
Many people think the artist Georgia O'keefe intentionally painted flowers as vaginas such as the one below, and I don't think she was sexist. In fact she has been widely celebrated by women in particular for ... celebrating vaginas. But she has claimed they were just flowers. However, her self-portrait below suggests that she may have been lying.
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RE: Andaman Islands Padauk (in reply to estebanana)
Hey Andy, that is a sweet score! I owned 2 awesome steel string guitars made with African Padauk, both Jumbo size, one was a baritone. They were made by Marc Beneteau from Ontario, Canada. He absolutely loves Padauk, and we're thinking about using it for my new guitar that is due in February. I'm not sure how you can definitively tell the difference between Andaman and African, but I have always heard the former is considered quite rare. I've only ever seen two guitars supposedly made with Andaman, interestingly both were baritones - in case you are interested, here are the links:
RE: Andaman Islands Padauk (in reply to ralexander)
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ORIGINAL: ralexander
Hey Andy, that is a sweet score! I owned 2 awesome steel string guitars made with African Padauk, both Jumbo size, one was a baritone. They were made by Marc Beneteau from Ontario, Canada. He absolutely loves Padauk, and we're thinking about using it for my new guitar that is due in February.
I played a few of Marc Beneteau's, Bubinga and Ziricote OM's recently. I found Marc's Ziricote OM fit my playing style really well and I was sad to leave the guitar behind in the shop.
Superb luthier, you have a great treat awaiting you Ryan (I'm sure you already know having owned a few of his instruments already!)
RE: Andaman Islands Padauk (in reply to estebanana)
This guitar is made of all solid unfinished padauk (Washburn N4) except for the fingerboard, ebony.
I have and inferior model of this guitar because I love the shape and the confort but just by lookin at the pictures, padauk looks like a wood that asks to bond with the players body and hands.
Anyone has ever made a flamenco guitar with an unfinished padauk neck?
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RE: Andaman Islands Padauk (in reply to Sr. Martins)
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ORIGINAL: Sr. Martins
Anyone has ever made a flamenco guitar with an unfinished padauk neck?
I've heard good things about those Washburn electrics. I'm thinking of getting a Warmoth padauk neck at sometime.
Padauk is supposed to be a great choice for necks for acoustic guitars, as it's supposed to be really stable for necks anyway and provides more sustain than the standard choice of mahogany. I can't imagine it'd be a great choice for a flamenco guitar as it's quite a lot heavier than Spanish Cedar; it'd possibly create an instrument that is far too neck heavy if used with Cypress back and sides.
RE: Andaman Islands Padauk (in reply to estebanana)
Thanks for the info Ryan and Sr. Martins and those are some nice looking guitars. I'm coming to understand now how rare this wood is since the tsunami. It will be interesting when I build with it to see if I notice much difference from African.
Sorry to disappoint some of you but there's nothing but straight grain on these sets.
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