JON! How dare you!
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| Author: | TRein [ Tue Nov 21, 2006 2:52 am ] |
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Hibdon Hardwood, an OLF Sponsor, is offering a Granadillo promotion. Granadillo is a faily wide ranging tree, from Mexico, through Central America, and down into South America. It has a number of common names: macacauba, macawood, trebol, to name a few. It is of the Platymiscium genus, with a number of species within the genus. It is of similar weight and color to Honduars rosewood. It is not endangered and the wood Hibdon Hardwood sells is from a FSC Certified plot. It is abundant, not terribly expensive, and quartersawn sets are not difficult to come by. Here is the promotion: We will ship a set of Granadillo at no charge to the first 10 registered OLF members who call the office at: 314-621-7711. The only hitch is we ask you to actually build a guitar with it (rather than put it on a shelf) and share photos, experiences with the wood, and impressions of its sonic signature with the OLF community. The sets are well dried, but will have to be acclimatized to your building enviornment before actual construction begins. We feel Granadillo is a great tonewood just waiting in the wings. We are hoping this promotion will generate the interest this wood deserves. |
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| Author: | gibson355 [ Tue Nov 21, 2006 3:11 am ] |
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WHOO HOO! They picked me! Hesh.... have a look at their website. They have pics of the wood on it. Cheer and thanks a bunch! Richard. |
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| Author: | letseatpaste [ Tue Nov 21, 2006 3:27 am ] |
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Nice deal, thanks very much. I may use this for the build off contest over on the non-"s" luthier forum, I'll put pics on my blog, too. |
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| Author: | LanceK [ Tue Nov 21, 2006 3:27 am ] |
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I have heard from Brock Poling that this wood has very similar characteristics to Brazilian rosewood. |
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| Author: | harry [ Tue Nov 21, 2006 3:32 am ] |
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Me, too - zowie!!!!! It looks great on their website - page down to see it. Granadillo at Hibdon Harry |
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| Author: | LanceK [ Tue Nov 21, 2006 3:33 am ] |
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JON! How dare you!
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| Author: | Tom Harbin [ Tue Nov 21, 2006 3:36 am ] |
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What a gracious offer from these folks. I was able to talk to Tom and was able to take advantage of this promotion. Thank you and I look forward to posting pics of my build with this wood. Tom Harbin |
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| Author: | letseatpaste [ Tue Nov 21, 2006 3:42 am ] |
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Lance, it's not what it looks like, I have a good explanation for all of this, they mean nothing to me... :) Just wanted them to know I did intend on posting pictures and whatnot... |
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| Author: | jfrench [ Tue Nov 21, 2006 3:48 am ] |
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I agree that it is a gracious offer, and a great idea for a promotion. Glad I got in on it, thank you! |
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| Author: | martinedwards [ Tue Nov 21, 2006 3:56 am ] |
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I've emailed to ask if the generosity stretches to international shipping..... I did phone, but the boss was on the phone already and I couldn't hold at ?1 a minute now could I? I'll letcha know if they do feel like shipping all this way, but to be honest I'm not holding my breath...... |
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| Author: | Bob Long [ Tue Nov 21, 2006 4:05 am ] |
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Many thanks to Tom for bringing this promotion to the forum, and to Andrew at Hibdon for making it happen. I haven't used Granadillo before so I'm looking forward to the build. It is pretty cool, 10 sister sets built into 10 different guitars by 10 different builders! Hmmm... Will they have a family reunion someday??? long |
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| Author: | D Stewart [ Tue Nov 21, 2006 4:11 am ] |
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I am on hold with the boss...too late. Nice promotions going on with it though if you still call in. |
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| Author: | TRein [ Tue Nov 21, 2006 4:14 am ] |
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Thanks to all those who exprssed an interest in this promotion. The 10 sets went in a blink of an eye! We are willing to extend the offer in a slightly revised form. Through the end of business today, if you spend at least $75 (the cost of a granadillo set), we will throw in a set of granadillo free. Regular shipping charges apply. |
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| Author: | Brad Way [ Tue Nov 21, 2006 5:02 am ] |
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Just ordered a set of Granadillo and Cocobolo from Tom. I worked with Granadillo many years ago on another project and it is a very dense hardwood. I always thought it would be good for guitars...I guess I will have my chance to give it a shot. |
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| Author: | Shane Neifer [ Tue Nov 21, 2006 5:27 am ] |
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I talked with Tom also and got in on this with a set of Leopardwood. I am keen to try both of these out! Thanks Tom! Shane |
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| Author: | Kelby [ Tue Nov 21, 2006 5:38 am ] |
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This is a cool promotion for so many reasons. Apart from learning about a wood we haven't worked with before, it's always fun to see what ten different luthiers do with sister sets of wood! I think this presents an opportunity not only for Hibdon, but for the community and the forum as well to do something really cool. Perhaps we could organize our pics and comments in this project on the forum front and center. That would make it much easier to track what everyone is doing than if we all just randomly post new threads that tend to work their way off the radar screen after a few days. For the others who were fortunate enough to participate in this promotion, I would be interested in hearing what you plan to do with the finished instrument as well. For me, I tend to follow the "pay it forward" principle when I benefit from something like this; my finished product will either end up as a gift to a friend/relative, or will be donated to a charity auction. |
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| Author: | peterm [ Tue Nov 21, 2006 6:39 am ] |
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I got a set of Bocote... and got a free Granadillo set!! Great deal! |
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| Author: | Rod True [ Tue Nov 21, 2006 7:44 am ] |
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Dang, that would have been cool. Thanks for the great offer and promotion Tom. I'll be looking into some of your product in the future. |
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| Author: | Sam Price [ Tue Nov 21, 2006 8:20 am ] |
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[QUOTE=martinedwards] I've emailed to ask if the generosity stretches to international shipping..... I did phone, but the boss was on the phone already and I couldn't hold at ?1 a minute now could I? I'll letcha know if they do feel like shipping all this way, but to be honest I'm not holding my breath......[/QUOTE] Aw, I better not even bother then....I always get there too late...when the offer's over and it's all gone......  and I've got a pain in my diodes all down my left side...
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| Author: | Tom Armstrong [ Tue Nov 21, 2006 8:21 am ] |
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Ditto, Christmas in November! |
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| Author: | Don Williams [ Tue Nov 21, 2006 8:31 am ] |
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I am NOT going to do this same offer with Brazilian... Great idea though... |
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| Author: | martinedwards [ Tue Nov 21, 2006 9:10 am ] |
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[QUOTE=Shane Neifer] with a set of Leopardwood. I am keen to try both of these out! Thanks Tom![/QUOTE] Me Too!! I just couldn't take the free stuff and run out of the shop with it!!! Has anyone ever tried to bend either of these with a wallpaper stripper? Didn't think so!!!!! 
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| Author: | DBarnett [ Tue Nov 21, 2006 9:50 am ] |
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Just got in under the wire. Couldn't let an offer this good go by, so two sets of granadillo on the way - one for a cedar top, the other for Lutz. Both Bouchet-inspired classicals. Nice folks. ______________________ David Barnett Southwest FL |
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| Author: | TRein [ Tue Nov 21, 2006 9:53 am ] |
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Thanks to all those who took advantage of this offer. Hibdon Hardwood will be looking forward to seeing pictures, reading posts, and maybe even listening to sound clips of granadillo guitars in the future. |
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