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Old 03-30-2014, 09:13 AM
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You can contact Fred Tellier, he knows bubinga

http://www.fetellierguitars.com/index.php?p=1_11
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cB6bSi5fIBw
https://www.facebook.com/FETellierGuitars

I've played one of his bubinga, and playing that guitar made me order a custom guitar from him.
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Old 03-30-2014, 09:40 AM
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Thanks for the kind words Jean, I have built 2 Bubinga guitars one with Englemann top and one Lutz and they are 2 of my favorite builds. As stated it can be a bear to bend and sand but once completed it is a great sound. As for sonic qualities it is somewhere between Mahogany and Rosewoods.

Here are a couple videos of the guitar J-F-C was refering to. The 1st is Ken Bonfield at my Montreal guitar show mini concert, filmed with my Sony camera and the second is Robert Kubica at the Tony McManus weekend when the guitar was 3 days old, filmed with an Ipod touch.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r-0vf8W08vg

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C8nevyNTJ_A

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Old 03-30-2014, 10:05 AM
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WOW! Thanks everyone for the info and to all the builders for the insight! AGF definitely is an awesome place.
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I have made a couple of Bubinga guitars, and I will gladly use it again, with the caveat that it is properly season and processed, and passes muster in all my QC checkpoints as good tonewood.
Some Bubinga is incredibly beautiful, although as others here have mentioned, the tap tone is sometimes kind of... meh. If you pair it with a great top, and build the back to be primarily reflective, you should certainly be able to get a wonderful guitar out of it.

Here's the first Bubinga guitar I made, for Sage97 (Ernie) a few years ago. This guitar has a beautiful Redwood top on it. This is the "EPC Element" model, approximately Grand Auditorium size. If Ernie sees this thread, maybe he would like to comment on the tone of this guitar. I would actually like to hear how it has developed over the last couple of years.



Here's another Bubinga I built on spec and took to Healdsburg 2011. This is a Zephyr 00 with a Canadian Red Cedar top. Turned out to be an excellent, rich-sounding fingerstyle guitar, and when I put it on consignment at Bluedog Guitars in Vancouver, B.C., it sold pretty quickly.



I will gladly use Bubinga again (and again) if someone asks me to-- or even on spec. I have a few sets in my stash that are patiently awaiting their turn...
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Old 03-30-2014, 02:35 PM
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Here's the first Bubinga guitar I made, for Sage97 (Ernie) a few years ago. This guitar has a beautiful Redwood top on it. This is the "EPC Element" model, approximately Grand Auditorium size. If Ernie sees this thread, maybe he would like to comment on the tone of this guitar. I would actually like to hear how it has developed over the last couple of years.
You beat me to it, Steve.

Unfortunately, I am clueless as to how much the bubinga contributes to the tone. I'm sure it does quite a bit but so do the redwood top and most importantly....Steve, the builder. I know I really like the combined voice but in my mind the big kudos goes to the builder.
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Fred, what a beautiful sounding guitar (2nd video...didn't have time to watch the first)! Very rich and resonant.

Steve/Ernie, that looks gorgeous, front and back!!
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Fred, what a beautiful sounding guitar (2nd video...didn't have time to watch the first)! Very rich and resonant.

Steve/Ernie, that looks gorgeous, front and back!!
Thanks Mike.

FYI - they're not the same guitar though but both very good looking indeed. Here is the front of the bubinga guitar.

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Wow...that's gorgeous!!
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I've generally found it to sound just fine. All depends on the builder of course. My mahogany Brondel apparently tapped like cardboard, but the resulting guitar is stellar.

I played a redwood/bubinga baritone by Steve Saville that I thought sounded nice.
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