Any thoughts on this wood? Micheal Dunn built a couple of killer guitars from it. I've been sent a sample and it looks great.
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| Author: | hoosierukes [ Wed Mar 22, 2006 10:53 am ] |
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Any thoughts on this wood? Micheal Dunn built a couple of killer guitars from it. I've been sent a sample and it looks great. |
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| Author: | Iplaytheoldies [ Wed Mar 22, 2006 1:54 pm ] |
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Wood looks great. I can't comment from experience though so I am no help. Is there a more common name for it? |
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| Author: | hoosierukes [ Wed Mar 22, 2006 2:01 pm ] |
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A little more digging, I've found it refrerred to as "yellow bean", a native of Australia. I put a spit coat of shellac on the sample and the grain popped out just like the guitar photos. |
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| Author: | Steve Kinnaird [ Wed Mar 22, 2006 3:07 pm ] |
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Lucky guy! That wood is beautiful. SK |
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| Author: | Serge Poirier [ Wed Mar 22, 2006 4:14 pm ] |
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ooooooh yeeeaaah! |
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| Author: | SniderMike [ Wed Mar 22, 2006 5:15 pm ] |
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Dang. Looks like you could swim in it. Mike |
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| Author: | hoosierukes [ Thu Mar 23, 2006 1:50 am ] |
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This is the sample in hand - literally - with one quick spit coat of amber shellac. Not bad, eh?! Now I've got to work out a system for laying out and cutting rope bindings.  |
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| Author: | Daniel M [ Thu Mar 23, 2006 5:35 am ] |
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Hi Geof. I know the guys who supplied the Yellow Siris to Michael Dunn & have done some resawing for them. I probably sawed the sample piece you have, if you got it from Robin & Marshal. I have a couple of sets & will be building a weisenborne with it soon. The figured stuff is really pretty & it seems to be very stable. I'm getting some neck blanks soon & am looking forward to giving it a try. The weight & hardness / stiffness feel about the same as Hond mahogany & I'm sure it will make fine necks. When I was resawing, i reacted fairly violently to the dust. My nose ran like a tap, my eyes itched & I sneezed for an hour afterwards. On the second run I was a lot more careful & vacuumed up well after sawing. I had the pleasure of playing one of Michael Dunn's Siris guitars & it sounded very very nice. It was a Macaferi style cutaway, so it would seem that the wood bends well too. |
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| Author: | hoosierukes [ Thu Mar 23, 2006 6:22 am ] |
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Daniel... I did get it from Robin. He seems like an up front guy. I appreciate the heads up re: the dust. I don't need any surprises. I am going to pick up a few uke sets and, perhaps, a Weisenborn. thanks |
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| Author: | Daniel M [ Thu Mar 23, 2006 8:01 am ] |
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Pssst... Geof; Robin's a GIRL! Marshal (her husband) is the guy. Hard to tell via e-mail, isn't it? They're both really good folks. I'll talk to Robin today about an OLF sponsorship. I'm pretty sure she'll be interested. |
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| Author: | hoosierukes [ Thu Mar 23, 2006 8:11 am ] |
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Foot in Mouth..... I posted recently on another forum when a friend (a girl) was refered to as a guy. It is hard to tell on an email! 
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| Author: | Daniel M [ Thu Mar 23, 2006 8:19 pm ] |
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Geoff; I just finished bending a set of Yellow Siris sides. I've been having a bear if a time getting sides to bend to a new tight waisted venetian cutaway I'm building. The cutaway is very tight & after a bunch of practice pieces & a check of the temp control on my blanket, I figured I was ready for the real thing & promptly broke a nice Koa side. The Siris bent beautifully. The grain lifted a tiny bit on one bend, but it glued back down invisibly. I think I like this stuff! |
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