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| Author: | peterm [ Sun Jun 24, 2007 10:35 am ] |
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Sponsors?? Anyone carry them? Thanks |
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| Author: | John Mayes [ Sun Jun 24, 2007 11:13 am ] |
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Hank would be the only one I know of but I'm guessing he is not selling any he might have left. I have a few I might get rid of for a price..what size of guitar you need them for? E-mail me. |
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| Author: | peterm [ Sun Jun 24, 2007 1:38 pm ] |
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Dread and Jumbo is what I am looking for. Thanks |
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| Author: | John Mayes [ Sun Jun 24, 2007 9:38 pm ] |
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can't help ya there. I have smaller plates. Sorry. |
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| Author: | Bill Bergman [ Sun Jun 24, 2007 10:42 pm ] |
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Sorry I don't know what "LS" means, but if it is "sinker", Allied has a couple of sets. |
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| Author: | Alan Carruth [ Mon Jun 25, 2007 5:00 am ] |
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I've got a couple of LS tops (not for sale) that I've tested out for the mechanical and acoustic properties. They are the same as those of some redwood I got at the lumberyard. That's nice wood, but if you know how to test these things you'll find there is other wood that's acoustically just as nice. I must admit that the LS tops look nicer, though. |
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| Author: | Alan Carruth [ Mon Jun 25, 2007 5:03 am ] |
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BTW, Bill: 'LS' stands for 'Lucky Strike'. The late Craig Carter was cutting redwood stumps, and came across one that was particularly good, so that's what he called it. The best tops from that log have reasonably fine, even grain, are very stiff, fairly light, and have remarkable low damping. They ring forever when tapped. They also don't have the sort of 'dirty' look that much redwood has, which is nice. |
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| Author: | Bill Bergman [ Mon Jun 25, 2007 5:08 am ] |
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I think I have one of those from his wife, but just one. |
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| Author: | letseatpaste [ Mon Jun 25, 2007 6:07 am ] |
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I have a small stash of parlor sets (not for sale) that I picked up a few years back when Hank had offered it up for sale and then again more recently. Beautiful stuff... I'm not worthy to build with it yet. I brought a set over to George Lowden, they're building me a guitar with it, I hear they'll start on it next week. Here's a link to a pic (it was sort of big so I didn't want to inconvenience dial-up folks) of another Lowden with an LS top. link |
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| Author: | Jimmy Caldwell [ Mon Jun 25, 2007 9:15 am ] |
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Peter, You might try Dave Maize. I bought a couple of redwood tops from him a few years ago. They were not LS, but they were very nice. I don't have his website address, but you can google him. |
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| Author: | zac_in_ak [ Mon Jun 25, 2007 1:43 pm ] |
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Here is his website Dave Maize website |
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