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Author: | Hastings Guitars [ Thu Jul 04, 2013 1:58 pm ] |
Post subject: | Redwood |
So where do you get your redwood sound boards from? Would like to get myself a few in the future but not sure where from. Redwood doesn't grow here in the UK.... ![]() Thanks for your help, Ed. |
Author: | James Orr [ Thu Jul 04, 2013 2:12 pm ] |
Post subject: | Re: Redwood |
Dave Maize. I've gotten his master grade and AAA. BIG difference between the two, and I can't begin to explain how excited I am to build with the first of my master grade tops. They're light, stiff, beautiful, and resonant! |
Author: | Joe Beaver [ Thu Jul 04, 2013 8:32 pm ] |
Post subject: | Re: Redwood |
I get them from Vince at Pacific Coast woods. A sponsor here. Great stuff!!! |
Author: | Hastings Guitars [ Fri Jul 05, 2013 2:03 am ] |
Post subject: | Re: Redwood |
James Orr wrote: Dave Maize. I've gotten his master grade and AAA. BIG difference between the two, and I can't begin to explain how excited I am to build with the first of my master grade tops. They're light, stiff, beautiful, and resonant! Thanks for this, will check him out. I will also check out Pacific Coast too. Are these guys good for sinker redwood too? Thanks for your help. Ed |
Author: | Joe Beaver [ Fri Jul 05, 2013 2:16 am ] |
Post subject: | Re: Redwood |
Vince at Pacific Coast Woods has beautiful sinker also. Don't be fooled by the limited pictures he has on his website. Just let him know what you are looking for and he will email you several pics of sets he has that don't show up on the website. |
Author: | ernie [ Fri Jul 05, 2013 6:45 am ] |
Post subject: | Re: Redwood |
I got mine from a conventional lumber yard in st louis 17yrs ago.It/s plain an1/4sawn but the price was right and it rings like a bell. |
Author: | Mark Maquillan [ Fri Jul 05, 2013 9:01 am ] |
Post subject: | Re: Redwood |
Here is a recent set from Pacific Coast. |
Author: | Joe Beaver [ Fri Jul 05, 2013 10:23 am ] |
Post subject: | Re: Redwood |
Mark, I have a similar set to the one you show, also from Pacific Coast. Beautiful stuff and also large enough for a jumbo, which many are not. Mine will be paired with a zircote body. It will be next year before I get to it. |
Author: | Mark Maquillan [ Fri Jul 05, 2013 3:31 pm ] |
Post subject: | Re: Redwood |
Joe, this going to be paired with curly anigre. |
Author: | Mark Maquillan [ Fri Jul 05, 2013 10:37 pm ] |
Post subject: | Re: Redwood |
Todd Stock wrote: Filippo Morelli wrote: Oh I can tell you that combination absolutely sucks. Todd will back me up on this ... Filippo Terrible combination, and on a larger body, the whole thing will collapse into itself once strung and create a short-lived black hole - which might swallow your shop or the customer's car. Just don't do it...get that B&S set and the top at a safe distance...Germantown, Maryland, or even Purcellville, Virginia should be perfect. ![]() |
Author: | Joe Beaver [ Sat Jul 06, 2013 12:47 am ] |
Post subject: | Re: Redwood |
Mark, should make a sweet guitar. That sinker is beautiful |
Author: | Steve Kinnaird [ Sat Jul 06, 2013 10:41 pm ] |
Post subject: | Re: Redwood |
Ed, matter of fact, there's a stand of redwoods just south of Ullapool in bonnie Scotland. There's also Atlantic cedar in Tayside and Sitka spruce outside Pitlochry. Of course, you might spend the rest of your days in the Clink trying to harvest some of those. But the growing climate is close enough for those trees to make a respectable showing. Short of going to jail, these vendors mentioned above are all wonderful to deal with and carry great stock. Good luck, Steve P.S.--Todd, I always enjoy seeing that guitar. And the lighting in that shot is perfect. |
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