Unboxing some BONKERS Tonewoods! - Tommy's Tonewoods
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- čas přidán 4. 06. 2024
- Which one's do you want to hear more about?! Hope you enjoyed this episode you wood nuts x
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00:00 - Intro
00:08 - Giveaway Winner!
01:30 - Unboxing!
01:52 - Gaboon Ebony
02:33 - Sinker Poplar
03:10 - Canarywood
03:40 - Florida T'Zalam
04:30 - Sinker Sycamore
05:20 - Osage Orange
06:00 - Pignut Hickery
06:37 - Sinker Pecan
07:00 - Spalter Pecan
07:40 - Gaboon Ebony Backset
09:30 - Amazon Rosewood
10:30 - Spalted Red/Soft Maple
11:15 - Female Cocobolo
12:38 - Red Elm
13:02 - Indian rosewood from Arizona
14:05 - Sycamore
14:26 - Male Cocobolo
15:23 - Pecan
15:53 - Aaron's First Guitar! - Hudba
I know what I see too - MALE Cocobola, you say? It’s stunning, love it!
I'm from Indonesia, it's nice to see a variety of tonewoods, keep it up
Way to almost hit five million subs! I’m almost there too. Congratulations! Love your channel.
Fab! Good choice, Tom & team
Wow, cant thank you enough man, I'll make sure that top goes on a special guitar with all the inspiration it carries for me! Also the woods in this unboxing have to be some of my favourits from your channel so far, I always love and prefere ''non standart'' exciting woods with a great story such as some of the sinker stuff you got here, just awesome - cant wait to see what you do with them! Again thanks so much for everything and all the best man :)
As always a phenomenal video! There is something about wood that you have to share and talk and touch, Awesome and glad you got so excited about it all!! Very humbled and grateful for you wonderful praise Tom! CHEERS!
Welcome brother
Congrats Lewis....well deserved
Oh man! You are god blessed to work with such beautiful materials and make such great instruments from them! I would give years of my life only to work one day in your workshop. 😘
Don't like the white ebony. Vertical grain sycamore is beautiful. The canary wood had the most ring. Amazon rosewood is stunning. The show stopper is the figured male coco bolo! So special. What a fun video, thanks so much.
The white ebony actually really surprised me sonically!
Great episode - always love seeing these beautiful woods! Most are usually new to me, but you had several from my stomping grounds (Texas)! I'd love a Sinker Sycamore over Osage Orange!!
And FANTASTIC that the grand winner is a new luthier, just starting out!!!
Just want to build with everything straight away!
Great video as ever, Tom, thank you. You asked "what am I seeing?" regarding the 'hold on to your pants'/male cocobolo - well, it reminds me of an Edvard Munch painting! Also, the osage orange looks interestingly vibrant now but I've heard that it turns from that hue into a duller brown in a relatively short time (apparently).
I can see that too!
I just discovered your tonewood videos. Bravo well done! I used to live on a farm in Virginia with Osage Orange trees, and when those "balls" would drop.......um they will give you a good bonk (and yes I'm being serious).
As for the male Cocobolo, I'm just wondering how big a guitar you would have to make to get the whole picture on the back so to speak. Seems a shame to miss part of it.
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I just found your channel. Sooo cool for you To help & up n coming luthier. I'm a musician myself but would love to be able to build my own ax.... since obviously I can't afford to buy anything good like you make.
Welcome aboard!
Loved that Cocobolo and that Ebony
Me too!
Tom, first off, I love your videos. Especially the tonewood videos. You asked us to tell you which wood we'd like you to do a deep dive on. I grew up in Iowa using Osage Orange to make wooden swords and the like. My great grandfather put osage orange fence posts into the ground that are there to this day. The wood is special to me for so many reasons, and if I ever had the money, I'd have an Osage Orange guitar. I'd love to see a video about this wood.
That’s so cool! It’s amazing timber
I love the variety you've just received. I hope you have fun building with all of them. Seeing the T'Zalam sets makes me think about re-purposing a quartered, curly T'Zalam board I've had for a number of years and sawing it into sets. Also, are you sure that the Male Cocobolo set is in fact male? It has a feminine look to it for some reason...😉 Oh, and congratulations to the three winners!
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What the hell, that's his first try at making a guitar?! Amazing..
One question - could you make a classical guitar with some of these more exotic types used for the top? Or would it just sound crap compared to the usual spruce or cedar?
It’s a lovely thing! Ideally you want something lightweight and stiff for the top, so exotics are not really suitable
@@TomSandsGuitars cool, thanks for the info!
That Male Cocobolo, looked like angel wings to me. 🍻🍻
Feel spruced up just hearing about the winners. Having just returned from having a look and play of the USA made Epiphone Texan and Gibson guitars it actually gave me more appreciation for sheer build quality of my Brook Taw. The difference between a factory made guitar to a hand built guitar was so noticeable particularly on the fretboard imo
Agreed
That osage orange tree is very interesting and its multi use
Sure is!
thank you . the Osage orange looks interesting wonder what it would be like
Me too
Me too!
OMG I want them all! 🥲
Call Aaron!
I have just began to mill Norther California black walnut, jaglans hindsii. I live in an old black walnut orchard. I have many thousands of bdft to mill. So far I have only milled three logs and have a long ways to go. They are all very yummy
Would love to see some, drop me an email. Info@tomsandsguitars.com cheers!
@@TomSandsGuitars HI. I will do that. It's snowing now.... The three I have planked have different patterns and color.... It's all new to me. Your work is very nice. We do have sycamore around here so I'll keep that in mind.
Would love to see some Dragon Juniper wood incorporated somehow. _Juniperus Chinesis_ I think(?) You'll know better than me no doubt :D
What do you mean, what's in the male cocobolOH MAN, I just understood the thumbnail.
And I wouldn't overlook that pignut hickory; while it's not a showstopper like some of the others, it'll make a fine guitar for someone wanting a more subtle design.
As for videos, I couldn't choose between all of these, although a comparison between spalted and non-spalted examples could be very informative, if you now have enough. (And red maple is _Acer rubrum_ .)
Thanks!
What did I see on those cocobolo tops? I saw 5 millions subscribers!
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I'm getting ready to start in on a guitar of curly American Persimmon (Diospyros virginiana) that reminds me a lot of the color of the sapwood Gaboon. I'll send you some pics over on instagram once I have it jointed and sprayed.
Sounds great!
I saw the eye of Sauron
Arron rocks.
He sure does
Yeah I gotta dirty mind too 😂 those cocobolo woods are really cool
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Nice episode Tom: l would love to see one with the "white ebony" ☺️
Hey Tom , I sent you an email pic of the "mahogany" , what are your thoughts ?
So I emailed the guy on eBay, he says it genuine mahogany grown in Indonesia 🤷♂️
@@TomSandsGuitars Ha , I didn't think of that hehe . Senior moment . Ok genuine mahogany , no wonder it looks , feels and sounds like it .....quack quack . Thanks for going to the trouble of doing that , you're a good fella . Peace ✌
@@TomSandsGuitars oh BTW , I subscribed to Aaron's channel . Peace ✌
Dude, you have enough to old sets for a factory! How are you going to find the time to use all these! 😂
Not enough hours in the day, guess I’ll have to give more away!
Ha! Perv! 😆
I don’t know what you’re talking about…
You've got it all going on. Maybe wood porn will get you to 5M subs. 😉
I've mentioned this before but you should check out Alaskan yellow cedar. I really like it for tops and it can be milled quite thin. That can make for some great dynamics especially on smaller body guitars.
Tom. Good morning.unusual ~would you like more views?-
I absolutely love you and your videos, man, but how DARE you show us that stringed instrument with the rare woods we've seen and heard about but not even pluck a string to give us a sound!! 😭 Most of us will never in our lives get to hear how those woods resonate together or the tone they carry in a real instrument. Here you've not only been sent the guitar, but invited to show it, you hold it up for us to see, and then slap us violently in the face by puting it back down without a sound. That's just cruel, brother!!
Haha, it’s a teaser for you to go follow Aaron!