Alembic Guitars Club
Connecting => Miscellaneous => Topic started by: Philip-M-Bass on September 04, 2017, 07:58:34 AM
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Hi Everyone,
In my travels I came across this site!
massive amount of beautiful wood to gaze at!!
http://www.wood-database.com/
It gives me pause to think, How great an Alembic would look with either this wood or that wood!
I have only gotten through a small portion, suppose it will take hours!!
Have a great Holiday!!
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More Wood for everybody!!!!!
http://www.exoticwood.biz/woodchart.htm
Also,
http://www.hearnehardwoods.com/hardwoods/exotic_domestic_wood.html
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One of my personal favorites is African Bloodwood,
Here are some interesting facts about the African Bloodwood tree,
http://www.amusingplanet.com/2014/05/the-bloodwood-tree.html
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Interesting - I have a didgeridoo that was made from Bloodwood, further research would indicate that the didgeridoo (that was purchased in Australia was made from the Corymbia species that is indigenous to Australia and not the Bloodwood you linked that is indigenous to Africa. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Corymbia (part of the Euclaypt family)
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Hello again Paul!!
All these Exotic Woods , one more beautiful than the next!
Is the didgeridoo hard to play?
Bunch of years ago I heard this on Echoes, with John Diliberto
Laliya - Just Like River
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Acoustic... it isn't hard to play, the hard part is turning off your brain (at least for me). The circular breathing technique is easier to do when you don't think about it.... not sure if that makes sense, but after watching tutorials and reading articles it just started to work when I just DID it instead of thinking how to do it.
Sadly I haven't played it in awhile and just like anything regular practice makes it better.
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Morning Paul,
Many thanks,
I keep forgetting to do this , My name is Philip , Nice to meet you!
& everyone else too!!
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Some interesting articles about Tone wood,
https://www.globalwoodsource.com/blog/tone-wood-what-you-need-to-know/
also
http://www.lmii.com/alternative-tonewoods
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CoCoBoLo!!! yea!!!
http://www.woodmagazine.com/materials-guide/lumber/wood-species-1/cocobolo
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To this Day I am still in awe of the Satinwood series 1 that was made for John Lodge of the Moody Blues, (With Maple finger board!!!)
Often, I had wondered why Satinwood was unavailable,
Quote from The Wood Data Base, "Sustainable supplies of this species have been exhausted for over one hundred years; for all intents and purposes, this wood is commercially unavailable. Most genuine satinwood offered for sale today is the East Indian variety, or a substitute".
http://www.finewoodartists.com/woodtypes/satinwood.htm
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One of my personal favorites is African Bloodwood,
Here are some interesting facts about the African Bloodwood tree,
http://www.amusingplanet.com/2014/05/the-bloodwood-tree.html
My David King fretless 5 has a bloodwood fingerboard. I like it.
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Hi Edwin!!!
Your fretless must be one incredible instrument!!!
African Bloodwood is truly stunning!!
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Was doing some reading on the different species of Walnut,
lots of good stuff to look over on this site!!
https://hunskihardwoods.com/walnut-wood-varieties-and-usage/
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Interesting article from the New York Times,
Guitar makers regret loss of rare woods
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/06/06/business/worldbusiness/06iht-sbiz.4.6026426.html
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Another interesting article!
How and Why Woods Affect Your Bass Sound!
http://www.notreble.com/buzz/2012/08/01/how-and-why-woods-affect-your-bass-sound/
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More gorgeous wood !!!
Click the pictures & sizes to see more photo's!!
https://tonewood.com/guitar-wood/solid-body-electric-guitar-woods.html
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A bit about Bubinga!!!!
https://www.craftsy.com/blog/2014/08/what-is-bubinga-wood/
http://www.rockler.com/how-to/woodworkers-harvest-preserve-rare-african-bubinga-hardwood-trees/
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Amboyna Burl !!!
http://www.bellforestproducts.com/amboyna-burl/
https://www.facebook.com/ChicagoMusicExchange/photos/p.1600778619946880/1600778619946880/?type=1&opaqueCursor=Abqvqgzf2bTOpe8s3LxUCS_wlrLRtn8IMNoIUA9-R_T5JobAhIUGeeLqPax1SWW3O3uzfSUOlkd0vGdKaxtVOzGiDwxN6QznewzlU0sy_55TFiYv8g_cFYSlcbxcCVsqSItwhR_FVDpWihu8-xr3DG9ggjKDmZuCXHA52BK19aaVHQH01mRTb8Z_FcCLxg302Y-xPD_7J4N_y34m6hvQkmbVjLo-a56vEnZJonB1Kvo85tdnbiug9_UIrFEIFT0h9pfPL8lONHo3SFiWZbzo-7m-XosPV77wWCA9ENv1QCikjOHU38_rnWAlKgG79xOlWjVEwH1RgvpTxmKWlPHlNRL5rxcbEZLXCYxotkA966taEXNy2AY_HmbWEDjxjqXaLhRNfD-WIFjrTYj3neH2Dz96iG3_JozJ6orDN6doMSEGnw&theater
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More Amboyna!!!
https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=1686569694708069&set=p.1686569694708069&type=1&opaqueCursor=AbrW-nuoltMqOdJtdz8fh4MXZy5X6SDjkzPOmXtPRzpoxmzwf7BBP0uhXWuFCornvsbH4KpNboJhVczY7mn157WZD7_CzLphKQR0m3Z0XLKOlZOra4RXpsOD3HI7XnUP5nY877WIcrPjVpZrS0TIapgT5EC7RekWExQ_A91uAmnCH2C-sID2vI8s7rm5hMX1fo28mOHq33Z9cAuYb9zw6f31wYFnMMrmPCnoCPF_WLx-XMyiQwWF624rmpHe0mj5pu6j3ielw7HCN2dSwrSSdB4FT-wyaWdbJ3uOos0AhZL93HJRADen7wLOC7_10fq4u5WsRv3z8a2TfCKEPt8FhSaeEf3nHMEVLuU2vdyhL6tbR15-ZbHGQwiGqQ9Yncfzot4Cga0ad6Pj1_8b4RRdh1MzfoMjSov3wWm0kLD1vz86PTmBRPOnrJo2iUxN-empHbU&theater
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For those interested in "special" woods for their custom instruments, the father of my son's current girlfriend owns a company called AncientWood Limited in Ashland Wisconsin (http://www.ancientwood.com/ (http://www.ancientwood.com/)). They deal exclusively with salvaged Kauri that has been buried in bogs in New Zealand for up 50,000 years. While the majority of the work they do focuses on building $100,000 tables, they also sell tonewood and laminates for a variety of instruments including acoustic and electric guitars/basses (http://www.ancientwood.com/tonewood/ (http://www.ancientwood.com/tonewood/)).
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That is so Great!!!
Hammer Time!!!
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For those interested in "special" woods for their custom instruments, the father of my son's current girlfriend owns a company called AncientWood Limited in Ashland Wisconsin (http://www.ancientwood.com/ (http://www.ancientwood.com/)). They deal exclusively with salvaged Kauri that has been buried in bogs in New Zealand for up 50,000 years. While the majority of the work they do focuses on building $100,000 tables, they also sell tonewood and laminates for a variety of instruments including acoustic and electric guitars/basses (http://www.ancientwood.com/tonewood/ (http://www.ancientwood.com/tonewood/)).
That's cool; last I heard it was illegal to export Ancient Kauri as lumber -only legal as a finished product.
Peter (Whose youngest son went to college in Ashland; great town!)
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I lived in NZ for about 5 years.... there are a few NZ guitar builders who use swamp kauri. Langcaster guitars has some decent pictures....
http://langcaster.co.nz/
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Truly Stunning!!!
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Laurie Williams (http://www.guitars.co.nz/) does some nice things with it, too.
Peter