Prepare to be led into Tonewood temptation...
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- čas přidán 4. 06. 2024
- Join Tom as he unboxes tonewood so sexy it comes with parental guidance.
Sent by our friends over at Elite Tonewoods, Tom gets up close and personal with some Mun Ebony, Port Orford Cedar, Pau Rosa and Carpathian Spruce, as well as a tour of the Elite Tonewoods website that will make you loosen your purse strings.
Let us know what tonewood is getting you all hot and bothered in the comments section below.
Chapters
00:00 - Intro
00:30 - Port Orford Cedar
01:30 - Carpathian Spruce
02:11 - Pau Rosa
02:47 - Mun Ebony
03:25 - Elite Tonewoods website
05:28 - Mun Ebony, the lowdown
07:23 - Mun Ebony, the tap test
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Great to see you, Tom!! PLEASE be sure to share the build for your friend John. That would be wonderful to see if possible!!
Great selection there Tom!
That ebony is beautiful
Nice right!?
Hey! Good to have you back!
Thank you!
Another wood I would like to suggest (which I'm sure you must have heard of) is Zebrawood, also called Zebrano. Astronium graveolens. In my experience, it is easy to work with as a veneer, and cuts cleanly. Rated about an 1800 on the Janka scale. Again, I have never seen it used as a tonewood, but I think it would be lovely as a fretboard, or maybe stock for the sides of a guitar - I find that it is well suited to bending, and doesn't split.
Added!
Botanist and molecular plant physiologist here
Have you ever considered showing a microscopic comparison between tonewoods, their respective densities, grains, and porosities? I think having some comparative molecular analysis would be incredibly interesting for a channel like yours.
Not saying you'd have to take shots yourself, but there's likely sources online you can use for it.
Hello! I’ve talked about densities and elasticity quite a bit but never really dived into the microscopic realm. There are some useful resources online, I should include this info! Thank you for watching and commenting!
Hello Tom. Apologies for missing your call. We have the same job on different channels. UK/US times aren’t always friendly. Working on the dalbergia family for cu$toms as well as pommele sapele. A heavy weight but visually striking. MJ/ Dutch
New episode! Oh yeah that made my weekend. 🎉
Thank you!
A third and final suggestion (which again you must surely have heard of) is Movingui, also called Ayan or Nigerian Satinwood. Distemonanthus benthamianus. About 1300 on the Janka scale. I find it prone to split along the grain (at least the figured veneer I have loves to do that) and it can tend to resist polishing in the way that lacewood does, but I thought a bright yellow face might be your style. Also another wood I've never seen used as a tonewood, and there may be a reason for that beyond my understanding as a non-luthier.
Yes I have a nice set of this from Virgile at Blind Guitars, I’ve done true satinwood but not Movingui
Smashing it ♥️
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Heck yah!!!!
Absolutely gorgeous selection! I wonder, why did you stop using the special laser shotgun mic?
Pure an utter laziness. Flying solo on production at the moment
@@TomSandsGuitars Impressive you're still meeting past production quality!
An afterthought for you, Tom, in the rosewood-adjacent category: Tineo, or Chilean Apple (among other names, I'm sure). Weinmannia trichosperma. It often offers some of the same kind of figuring seen in Ziricote, for instance, with the coloring of some rosewoods. Really NICE chatoyance, with some specimens I have seen. About 1000 Janka.
I'm not an affiliate but there's a company here in Portland OR called Goby that has a lot of great wood at pretty good prices.
A lot of *walnut* in particular ;-) I've thought many times about putting together a few french polished walnut thinlines...
Thanks for sharing your experience and knowledge!
Hey Tom, love your channel. Are you familiar with Zapatero? (Also called Rosita walnut, Suradan, Nanciton, Mascerey, among other regional names. Hyeronima alchorneoides.) It falls about 1700 on the Janka scale. I've never seen it used as a tonewood, but it's a popular veneer in the carpentry trade, because it looks similar to rosewood. I thought it might interest you to try.
Nice I’ll check these out!
Seriously, what is the wait list time for an instrument these days (a Parlor guitar)?
Thanks, John
Gig Harbor, WA
Drop me an email John and let’s have a chat - info@tomsandsguitars.com
OK, fair enough - you did provide a warning. But this is a little like inviting an alcoholic to meet you at a liquor store - of course we don't have to get in the check out line. But that Mun Ebony makes me crave a new guitar!
Thanks, John
Gig Harbor, WA
I can help you there John!
Nice ones sadly they don't ship outside the US
I’m in the U.K.
yes I know. The website doesn't allow it but I got in touch and Mike is sorting it out now @@TomSandsGuitars