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As most everyone here knows, I've long been a proponent of Tasmanian Blackwood aka Black Acacia.
I was purusing the web yesterday and cam upon this guitar by Martin...nice! And nice price too!
It's finally coming into vogue and being recognized for the great wood that it is.

Don Williams38776.5541782407

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"I want to know what kind of pickups Vince Gill uses in his Tele, because if I had those, as good of a player as I am, I'm sure I could make it sound like that.
Only badly."

That's a bad thing from my point of view. I love to use it but I've found the good stuff is getting difficult to find over here and has trebled in price over the last few years. Now a volume producer has started using it the situation can only get worse.

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Pete
http://www.petewoodmanguitars.com

heck the price has almost doubled in the past year. It is hard to find 3A under $200 now and last year I bought a set from DonW for $100

Hesh - I'd sue them if I were you

Gorgeous looking wood. Don - how did your weekend cutting go?

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Dave White
De Faoite Stringed Instruments
". . . the one thing a machine just can't do is give you character and personalities and sometimes that comes with flaws, but it always comes with humanity" Monty Don talking about hand weaving, "Mastercrafts", Weaving, BBC March 2010

I had a wonderfull time! Sort of. If you can call breathing dust a wonderful time.
Here is a link to a couple of pics of some of the wood.

I have approximately 9 or 10 sets of cocobolo, a few sets of Taz Blackwood, some figured Sapele, oodles of redwood tops, and some other stuff sized and ready for resawing. All totalled, there will be approximately 60 b&s sets, and around 30 tops. I can't believe I accumulated that much wood. I'll still have bunches of sets left too. Don Williams38776.5935069444

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"I want to know what kind of pickups Vince Gill uses in his Tele, because if I had those, as good of a player as I am, I'm sure I could make it sound like that.
Only badly."

...14 K for that guitar! I think the people at Martin have been sniffing too much nitro...

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I'd like to be able to prove, just for once, that money wouldn't make me happy...

Alain,
Not really...it's a OM-45 after all. There's lots to be said for all that inlay, and it's a Limited Edition, meaning the won't produce all that many of them. So for collectors, that's actually a decent price.

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"I want to know what kind of pickups Vince Gill uses in his Tele, because if I had those, as good of a player as I am, I'm sure I could make it sound like that.
Only badly."

   Don, my bad. I hadn't noticed all the inlaying involved... Lots of work there for sure...
   I guess I'm just jealous of not being able to buy one ... Still, if I had the money, I'd go for a single man shop build. But that's just me...
   I guess those Martins do hold their values, if that sale on e-bay is any indication... Alain Desforges38776.6032291667

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I'd like to be able to prove, just for once, that money wouldn't make me happy...

Don,

I have a couple of sets I'm savoring for someday. It is really nice stuff.

Hesh,

Who would have guessed you were so talented? Good stuff! No Great stuff...

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Joe Beaver
Maker of Sawdust

Hesh,

One question.... On your logo. Do you cut the pearl yourself? I'm about ready to give up and hand it over to De Pauls... To much work for a poor old man like me.

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Joe Beaver
Maker of Sawdust

Joe,
I only have around 20 sets I'm savoring for someday....
not to mention bunches for smaller parlor guitars.

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"I want to know what kind of pickups Vince Gill uses in his Tele, because if I had those, as good of a player as I am, I'm sure I could make it sound like that.
Only badly."