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| Author: | Barry Dudley [ Wed Aug 24, 2005 5:07 am ] |
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Is figured Bubinga easy to work? and does it sound good in acoustic guitars? It's sure pretty!! |
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| Author: | Sprockett [ Wed Aug 24, 2005 5:13 am ] |
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I did a dread in it and the only problem I had was it needing some serious sanding after I got the sides bent, but it was VERY pretty and bent like Butta!!! I will build with again... -Paul- |
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| Author: | Steve Kinnaird [ Wed Aug 24, 2005 5:37 am ] |
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Ditto what Paul said. My experience exactly--however, not everyone has had it so easy. The really figured stuff is undeniably beautiful. And as for sound, it has made my best sounding guitar to date. It works. Steve |
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| Author: | Bobc [ Wed Aug 24, 2005 6:13 am ] |
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Barry I'd have to say the highly figured stuff is anything but easy. However with some patience, perseverance and some good old common sense it is a great tonewood. Some of the best figured woods I have come across are bubinga and sapele. Steve K's curly bubinga guitar is an awesome example of figured bubinga at it's best. Don't know if we could coax that picture out of him again. 
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| Author: | LanceK [ Wed Aug 24, 2005 6:21 am ] |
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Could this be the one? 
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| Author: | Bobc [ Wed Aug 24, 2005 6:55 am ] |
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Yep that's the one. |
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| Author: | tippie53 [ Wed Aug 24, 2005 9:09 am ] |
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I have bent my fair share of bubinga. The waterfall and high figure woods take a special technique. Get some paper ( i use kraft paper) and soak that so it is well saturated. ( about 2 minutes ) I also spray the side I am bending and keep it wet for about 1 minute. I then set the pattern steel wet paper wood wet paper steel and heating blanket on the very top . I then align the set in the bender drop the waist cawl to hole the snadwich ( friendly friction ) and let the heat rise to 325. Check to see the paper and wood are wet and I will want to see steam . I then set the lower bout first. Check my postioning and do the upper bout. Again I check the wettness as I don't want it to be dry. I then set that lowering the bend nice and easy. I like to hear it sizzle and I keep an eye on the heat. I don't want to go over 350. Once the bouts are set I then lower the waist cawl. Once I am against the pattern I let it hold at 325 for about 2-3 minutes. I then let it cool to below 120 and blow out the excess water. I now reheat it and dry it out. About 3-5 minutes above 275 below 320. Let cool and bend the other side. good luck john hall blues creek guitars |
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| Author: | JJ Donohue [ Wed Aug 24, 2005 9:33 am ] |
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John...do you have any heat (light bulbs) from below? |
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| Author: | Steve Kinnaird [ Wed Aug 24, 2005 2:19 pm ] |
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Uuuurrrghhhh... I'm getting to hate that photo. Lance--could you take my ugly mug outta there and just leave the guitar? That would do us all a favor. SK Or better yet---superimpose someone else's head on my body. Pick Robert Redford, or Hugh Grant, or perhaps Mel Gibson. Yeah, that would be great--Mel Gibson. (Not Charlie.) Or hey! Best of all--Orville Gibson! |
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| Author: | jfrench [ Wed Aug 24, 2005 4:35 pm ] |
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That is a gorgeous guitar Steve.... wish i had a good pic of myself to super-impose over your face and claim it as mine...! |
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| Author: | John Kinnaird [ Wed Aug 24, 2005 10:22 pm ] |
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EEyow. Nice guitar Bro. I've got some of that and now am inspired to slice it up and make something purty. |
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| Author: | Barry Dudley [ Thu Aug 25, 2005 12:45 am ] |
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WOW Steve, I have seen the photo before and it is really something! You and John are certainly brothers. I guess the only way to find out is to bend some??? Wood that looks this beautiful is porno for a luthier!! I have some really nice figure Mahogany from Bob that I guess I will use first. I'm buffing out 2 this week and spraying 2 more and then I will be starting 2 new guitars. I also have some killer Imbuia that's calling me! |
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| Author: | Steve Kinnaird [ Thu Aug 25, 2005 4:10 am ] |
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Barry, Bro, Joshua-- Thanks for the kind remarks. Joshua, superimpose away to your heart's content. (Hey, we still need to do Clark's sometime!) Barry--I just bent this stuff by hand. I've got one of those electric bending irons, and though this particular set was highly figured, it bent easily. Now, I did have to sand out some irregularities once it was finished, but nothing impossible. Like you said, give it a try. |
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