Dave,
Laurie Williams is the obvious name that springs to mind. Why don't you e-mail him?
This guitar of his in flamed kauri is at Dream Guitars with a sound sample played by Al Pettaway:
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| Author: | Dave-SKG [ Mon Jun 11, 2007 12:25 am ] |
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I recently bought some of this wood. It seems very nice. It is somewhat dense ( although I have no real way of measuring the density accurately other than tapping the 2" thick blank and comparing it to Mahogany and some Primavera blanks I have). The blank I have, is going to become an Electric guitar. The wood is very expensive - $80 board foot. Anyone have a good, cheaper source/supply? Has anyone built with this wood? TIA |
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| Author: | JimWomack [ Mon Jun 11, 2007 12:31 am ] |
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I noticed that LMI os carrying Kauri now. Kinda curious about it myself. The acoustic sets were priced reasonably enough. |
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| Author: | Dave-SKG [ Mon Jun 11, 2007 12:36 am ] |
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Hi Jim, Thanks for that info I will call Chris and see what he says. I guess part of the expense in the Electric blanks is that the wood cracks when drying easily. So I guess they have problems getting blanks thick enough without the splits, hence the High cost. |
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| Author: | Dave White [ Mon Jun 11, 2007 2:11 am ] |
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Dave, Laurie Williams is the obvious name that springs to mind. Why don't you e-mail him? This guitar of his in flamed kauri is at Dream Guitars with a sound sample played by Al Pettaway:
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| Author: | Ken Franklin [ Mon Jun 11, 2007 5:20 pm ] |
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Hesh, Allied has some monkey pod on page 4. I bought a set from LMI a couple of months ago, but it's not in their new catalog. |
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| Author: | Bobc [ Mon Jun 11, 2007 9:34 pm ] |
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For anyone interested I do have ancient kauri sets and Monkey pod in about 1 month. |
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