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| Author: | Hesh [ Thu Aug 22, 2024 4:36 am ] |
| Post subject: | Expensive Bend - High Pucker Factor..... |
I remember how nervous I was with BRW in my bender. This would give me a heart attack......   Wonder if the StewMac guarantee applies to wood sets, crack a side and they send you another one LOL. Relax StewMac I'm joking. https://www.stewmac.com/tonewoods/woodstax---shop-tonewood-by-the-piece/acoustic-back-and-sides/the-tree-quilted-honduran-mahogany-exhibition-grade---025/ |
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| Author: | Kbore [ Thu Aug 22, 2024 9:08 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Expensive Bend - High Pucker Factor..... |
Hesh wrote: I remember how nervous I was with BRW in my bender. This would give me a heart attack...... Wonder if the StewMac guarantee applies to wood sets, crack a side and they send you another one LOL. Relax StewMac I'm joking. https://www.stewmac.com/tonewoods/woodstax---shop-tonewood-by-the-piece/acoustic-back-and-sides/the-tree-quilted-honduran-mahogany-exhibition-grade---025/ That exhibition grade wood set is on sale, $850 off ... |
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| Author: | bobgramann [ Thu Aug 22, 2024 9:33 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Expensive Bend - High Pucker Factor..... |
Gold bends a lot easier. With the higher density in the sides, it would make a louder guitar. |
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| Author: | Glen H [ Thu Aug 22, 2024 10:17 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Expensive Bend - High Pucker Factor..... |
$8500 ?????? |
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| Author: | Terence Kennedy [ Thu Aug 22, 2024 1:26 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Expensive Bend - High Pucker Factor..... |
And $75 for a BZ bridge blank! I used to get them for $10 from Walter Lipton. |
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| Author: | Woodie G [ Fri Aug 23, 2024 7:41 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Expensive Bend - High Pucker Factor..... |
Brazilian bends with a bit of warm breath... seriously, one of the easiest woods to bend provided adequate heat - less than you think - is used. A paper and foil sandwich keeps the resins from getting all over the slats. I am on the last of my stock of BRZ bridge blanks milled from a $220 Ebay billet that got us 16 standard belly and ten rectangular/pyramid blanks in 2020. Given my grocery bill has doubled and every dollar in my 401K is worth just 80% of what it was a few years ago, I hate to even look at what similar BRW billets are running. |
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| Author: | bluescreek [ Sun Aug 25, 2024 9:19 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Expensive Bend - High Pucker Factor..... |
I have made 3 guitars from "the tree" and I agree the wood is pretty but it didn't make a guitar that sounded any better than most other mahogany guitars. This is over priced in my opinion. I personally wouldn't buy it at that price. |
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| Author: | Ken Nagy [ Sun Aug 25, 2024 9:35 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Expensive Bend - High Pucker Factor..... |
bobgramann wrote: Gold bends a lot easier. With the higher density in the sides, it would make a louder guitar. Last December, Larsen came out with gold wound strings for violin to gain power. The review on this site said that the strings are expensive; but cheaper than upgrading his violin! https://fiddlershop.com/products/larsen ... 756c&_ss=c |
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| Author: | Terence Kennedy [ Sun Aug 25, 2024 10:14 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Expensive Bend - High Pucker Factor..... |
Going with double sides can ease the pucker factor. Especially cutaways. You can bend a lot thinner. |
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| Author: | doncaparker [ Sun Aug 25, 2024 1:45 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Expensive Bend - High Pucker Factor..... |
bluescreek wrote: I have made 3 guitars from "the tree" and I agree the wood is pretty but it didn't make a guitar that sounded any better than most other mahogany guitars. This is over priced in my opinion. I personally wouldn't buy it at that price. A friend of mine showed me a recent article in Smithsonian magazine about wood from The Tree. Such articles seem to come back around every few years. I said to my friend that, while it is very pretty wood, there is probably nothing magical about its tonal qualities, and certainly nothing magical enough to justify the crazy price. To recycle a joke I think I shared with John during Covid about expensive tuning gears: I would be better off using less expensive wood and taping $8,000 to the inside of the guitar. |
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| Author: | Hesh [ Mon Aug 26, 2024 5:07 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Expensive Bend - High Pucker Factor..... |
bluescreek wrote: I have made 3 guitars from "the tree" and I agree the wood is pretty but it didn't make a guitar that sounded any better than most other mahogany guitars. This is over priced in my opinion. I personally wouldn't buy it at that price. Me either - you can purchase a brand new Collings I-35 with Throbaks on it for that price and have some chump change left for dinner. 
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| Author: | Hesh [ Mon Aug 26, 2024 5:08 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Expensive Bend - High Pucker Factor..... |
Terence Kennedy wrote: Going with double sides can ease the pucker factor. Especially cutaways. You can bend a lot thinner. I never thought of that wow very good idea! |
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| Author: | Clay S. [ Mon Aug 26, 2024 6:19 am ] |
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Hesh wrote: Terence Kennedy wrote: Going with double sides can ease the pucker factor. Especially cutaways. You can bend a lot thinner. I never thought of that wow very good idea! And while you're at it why not laminate the back too! 3 layers of matched veneer can save some time and money. |
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| Author: | Dave Rickard [ Mon Aug 26, 2024 7:24 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Expensive Bend - High Pucker Factor..... |
Hesh wrote: Me either - you can purchase a brand new Collings I-35 with Throbaks on it for that price and have some chump change left for dinner. early in the morning while eating my oats I read it as,” ……..have some chump change left for the DRUMMER”. Almost spit up my oats on the key board. Sorry had to share, I’ll go back to my corner. |
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| Author: | Hesh [ Mon Aug 26, 2024 11:27 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Expensive Bend - High Pucker Factor..... |
Dave Rickard wrote: Hesh wrote: Me either - you can purchase a brand new Collings I-35 with Throbaks on it for that price and have some chump change left for dinner. early in the morning while eating my oats I read it as,” ……..have some chump change left for the DRUMMER”. Almost spit up my oats on the key board. Sorry had to share, I’ll go back to my corner.  Dave I do that a lot these days misread something or misspell something and I don't see it right way. Been thinking of changing my name to Blind Mellon Luthier but that might be bad for business...
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| Author: | phavriluk [ Mon Aug 26, 2024 11:44 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Expensive Bend - High Pucker Factor..... |
'Mellon'? You mean 'Lemon'? |
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| Author: | Clay S. [ Tue Aug 27, 2024 10:25 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Expensive Bend - High Pucker Factor..... |
phavriluk wrote: 'Mellon'? You mean 'Lemon'? Blind Melon Chitlin - Cheech and Chong |
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| Author: | Hesh [ Tue Aug 27, 2024 12:59 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Expensive Bend - High Pucker Factor..... |
Clay S. wrote: phavriluk wrote: 'Mellon'? You mean 'Lemon'? Blind Melon Chitlin - Cheech and Chong YES you understand me.
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